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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, ...
La Beauconniere, Lamberville
... on linen with coloured woollen yarns. It is over 70 metres long. An audio guide was very helpful in explaining the scenes, and the tapestries journey, from being used a cover for a cover for ammunition wagons, and passed from German to French hands and back before finally being returned to the French. It is not in bad nick for a piece of embroidery nearly 1000 years old. From there we headed to the beaches of Normandy and walked the shore at Arromenches, site of the D Day ...
Mountain, Monastery, Mulberry and Mussels
... really carry them around for the next 7 weeks as souvenirs for people back home. I’d surely eat them at some point. Instead, I'll contemplate the 7 Euro can of Pringles in the mini-bar.
After 3 hours of time touring, eating and drying off, we were back in the van to Bayeux. Carl was more alert for the drive back. If he was sleeping he was quieter this time.
After returning to the hotel, I ...
Au Revoir Paris; Bonjour Bayeux
... and a bonafide crypt and relic of St. Catherine of Augustine (which as far as I could read in French is on loan from somewhere else!... I think it was some sort of arm or leg bone). Bayeux is a dream town. I really enjoyed walking around taking in the sights and imagining folks in medieval days going about their business.
Having spotted a market, I stop inside to pick up some food items and beverages ...
Normandy- Bayeux and it’s tapestry 23rd June
... William he had the job of next king, to the death of Harold.
We suspect that Normandy, while a perfect place for foodies and ex-pat English people to live better and more cheaply than they can in UK, would be a little bland for most holiday visitors if it were not for the amazing story of the WW2 liberation of Europe which started here, and which we will turn to next.
Bye for now, Richard and ...
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