A trip to the charm­ing French town of Troyes took me there for a rather unusu­al rea­son: I had come with my grand­fa­ther to col­lect a stere­o­scope from an auc­tion house.
Locat­ed in the Cham­pagne region of north­east­ern France, Troyes is a his­toric town known for its beau­ti­ful­ly pre­served medieval cen­tre, nar­row cob­bled streets and colour­ful half-tim­bered hous­es, many dat­ing back to the 16th cen­tu­ry. Its rich his­to­ry as an impor­tant trad­ing cen­tre is still reflect­ed in its archi­tec­ture, impres­sive church­es and pic­turesque squares.
It was a beau­ti­ful, sun­ny day, and we took the oppor­tu­ni­ty to wan­der through the old town and enjoy its spe­cial atmosphere.