Chartres: A Reflection on the Journey—When the Road Comes Full Circle

From the Black Forest to Chartres, from mushrooms to midnight light shows, this journey was one of unexpected quiet magic of being exactly where you’re meant to be.

Leaving Triberg and the Black Forest felt bittersweet. That place, elusive as the idea I had to come here, had captured my imagination. I’d gone chasing after fairy tales—half-expecting to stumble up…