Bourges

The main attraction of the day was the town of Bourges which is home to a very large gothic cathedral. The thing is ginormous! I had trouble finding a vantage point where I could fit the entire thing into a single picture. It puts other cathedrals I have been to, like Notre Dame in Paris and Chartres, to shame. I thought it was a pretty jaw dropping sight. Coming towards Bourges the cathedral looks huge before you even get close to the town. I can't even imagine how it would have been viewed when it was completed in the 13th century. It is hard to believe that this is not even the largest gothic church in France (it is the widest, but not the tallest). That honor falls to the cathedral at Amiens. The town of Bourges is a nice old medievel town with narrow cobbled streets. If you are in this area, Bourges is worth a visit. The scale of the cathedral is just ridiculous.