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Doing it the french way
... what our choice would be. Along the quayside, motorhomes were ranked alongside each other, settling for an evening and night.
Fabulous meal at a quayside restaurant. Wet and windy weather just held off long enough to walk to the restaurant and back.
The storm came in about midnight. Wind and lashing rain. But we were cosy and comfortable.
Amazing how many motorhomes were lined up in the morning.
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Never too old to watch Tinkerbell!
... started working. Emptied the dishwasher and sorted breakfast. Then walked up to the shops, as the mother I am au pairing for was sooooo tired because the baby had her up since 3 30!!! Then this afternoon, got the bus with the daughter to the mall where we watched Tinkerbell -- quite enjoyed it actually, quite nice to watch a kiddy film once in a ...
Laying siege to Honfleur
... in Honfleur. We are fortunate to be there at 12 noon so get the full works!
The views are lovely and give us a good view also of the bridge. Honfleur itself is a little gem,lovely winding cobbled streets, many old houses which now house many cafes and small shops, and a beautiful harbour surrounded by tall thin houses with yet more cafes and bars. By now the sun is shining so Christophe drops us off for a walk round and we go up ...
Monet, Monet, Monet!!!!
... so skip the long queue at the ticket desk and head straight for the water gardens. Amazingly there are water lilies in bloom, and quite a lot of flowers in bloom. The lily ponds are beautiful, very tranquil and not too packed with people. There are many Japanese people as Monet had a connection with Japan, hence the Japanese style bridges.
Next we visit the house and gardens, the house has a typical Normandy construction. One room wide but very long, ...
The Noosa of France.
... houses the Church of St Catherine, and is a wooden church with a separate tower built that way, in case of possible lightening strikes burning down the tower and ultimately the church.
Our seafood dinner was lovely on the waterfront promenade, and our hotel also in a great location. Although not as personable as the B&B’s it still had a good bed and a spa bath, which was ...
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