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Travel Blogs from Culey Le Patry
Marche de Port en Bessin et retour..
Ce matin le reveil est difficile, mais nous devons aller a Port en Bessin acheter de la creme fraiche et des camemberts au marche. Puis Steph et Sam doivent aller chercher leurs noix de St Jacques a Courseulles. Ils nous deposent, Ced et moi, en chemin.
Nous faisons alors le menage, ...
Domfront, Mont St Michel.
... years down below. En route to Mont St Michel we stopped (surprise surprise) at a patisserie in Mortain to grab a few things to snack on before/during our visit to the Mont. We plonked ourselves on the steps of the Catholic church to munch on a slice of quiche and a friendly local said "bonjour, bon appetit". He then went on with more French so Jonno had to tell him "je suis Australienne" "Australienne? ...
Mountain, Monastery, Mulberry and Mussels
... Philipp LeClerc is a local photographer that has taken some amazing black and white photos in the local area. I was very impressed. One thing I like to buy when traveling is artwork – something I can’t really buy at home, and something that is meaningful to the journey. With the sad state of the Euro/USD exchange rate, it’s not worth buying anything here that you can buy back home. Philipp was in ...
Au Revoir Paris; Bonjour Bayeux
... I told him that's really all I basically speak and helped him buy his laundry soap and start up his machine. I think I might have a future in the French laundromat business if my day job doesn't work out.. heehee.
We enjoyed this travel day and a restful afternoon and evening in a beautiful town called Bayeux which certainly has helped ease the pain of saying au revior a Paris.
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The Normandy Beaches
... of what happened here and the consequences that it had for the rest of the world, gave us a feeling that was really hard to explain (sad, awe-struck, proud, humbled and extremely grateful). The feeling doesn’t leave you the whole time you’re there. We enjoy our history and took our time visiting the American cemetery, Omaha Beach, ...