BATEAU CHAPELLE

Coming in to moor at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, on the Seine, we saw a péniche which was not the usual commercial or livaboard. On closer inspection when ashore we found it was a chapel for the batelliers (bargees). Looked a bit scruffy on the outside, had to be explored.

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I'm not into this genre, but, the chapel was amazing for an interior of an old previously working barge.

The interior with lots of stained glass.

There was Mass every day and Margaret actually considered going at 6pm but she ended up having a glass of wine on Soraya instead! The chapel also had a large social space which was used for ??? The current main function seemed to be the integration of people from the Far East into France.