May 7 Orleans

We lay low during the day today as Cindy was nursing a sore back from bending over to pick something up. You know how that is.  In the evening we went into Orleans using the Tram system to avoid issues with parking and getting out of the city afterward.  We went to a medieval market for a bit then headed to the big event of the Jeanne d'Arc festival.  It began with the lowering of the flag (it gets raised again tomorrow) - not sure about the symbolism here.  After speeches from the mayor and bishop, a sound and light show began projected onto the cathedral depicting a dramatization to music of the live and times of Jeanne.  It was quite spectacular.  The pictures don't do it justice, but here are a few.  (47°54'6.4"N, 1°54'33.6"E)