When I was a child my parents took us kids to Europe and the ME for about 1 1/2 years. I will never forget sights that I saw, including old cathedrals; especially Chartres and Mt. St. Michel. I don’t remember English ones so much, but the trip changed my life.
We only did car and train trips. That must have been absolutely amazing. Closest I got to Chartres was someone brought me back a modern piece of stained glass art from the gift shop. What an opportunity to grow up on!