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Feedback on France Itinerary

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I recently posted and received some great feedback on our trip to France in 2019. Having used that, I have come up with a planned itinerary. To me this looks good on paper, but to those of you who have "been there and done that", I'd appreciate feedback on feasibility, pace, etc. (Of note, our focus this trip is outside of Paris and on medieval architecture/countryside.)

Thanks again!

Day 1 - CDG. Drive to Reims arriving around noon (please note that on previous trips, driving on 1st day is not an issue for us as we are generally very energetic and can switch as needed). OVN Reims.
Day 2 - Reims and 1/2 day tour of countryside vineyards. OVN again in Reims.
Day 3 - Soisson in AM, Laon in PM. OVN in Amiens.
Day 4 - Amiens. OVN Amiens.
Day 5 - Beauvais in AM. Rouen in PM. OVN Rouen.
Day 6 - Rouen in AM. Jumieges and Honflour in PM. OVN Rouen.
Day 7 - Drive to Chartres (AM stops at Chateau Galliard, Evreaux). Chartres in PM. OVN Chartres.
Day 8 - Chartres in AM. Turn in rental car. Evening in Paris. OVN Paris.
Day 9 - Paris.
Day 10 - AM departure.

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Fast paced but oughta work. Two nights in most places, reasonable driving distances, I'll refrain from the usual advice about driving on arrival day. ;-)

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Good choice of towns for the cathedrals.

A few years back I did a day trip leaving from Paris Gare du Nord to Beauvais, ca half way berwen Paris and Amiens, nice little town, no tourists go there at all, saw the cathedral but it going through refurbishing then. The WW2 German cemetery is located in Beauvais.

Day 3 re OVN in Amiens means from Laon you'll go back to Paris to change trains to Amiens. That's a very nice city, it's been years since I was there last. Rouen is absolutely lovely, on my bucket list as is Soissons, which can be reached from Gare du Nord.

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