Comfort Hotel Rouen

... south west to Paris. The plan is to visit the villages on the river on the way to Rouen, and are rewarded with their beauty. <br><br>We arrive to Rouen late in the afternoon. We eventually and somewhat tentatively settle on a park on the riverside by some docked barges being used as houses. <br><br>Kim cooked up gourmet hamburgers which was washed down ...

... is not a traditional church because it is built in a way that is supposed to remind you of how she died, it looks very modern.<br>I also booked my train ticket for the next trip which was interesting because she couldn't speak english, however I had written down what I wanted and it was sipmple enough although I had to catch a train later than I wanted for my eurrail pass to be valid. It is more difficult to travel in France; firstly because you MUST ...

... to look for somewhere to get the laundry done. We searched online and found a place that was about a 15 minute bus ride away. Off we went to finally get this out of the way, got off the bus, walked a few blocks here and there zig zagging through the centre of town until we found the place. Now doing laundry is easy right? Well we must have looked a little clueless looking at the directions so a nice guy helped us with translating. So the laundry is finally ...

... was very interesting. We were done visiting Monet's house and gardens by nearly lunch so we headed to one of the 'hotels' in the city where our lunch reservations were.<br><br>The place we met for lunch was originally a hotel where many artists including Americans came and stayed while studying under Monet. I had a duck salad which was so amazing. They had thin pan fried potatoes on top of the duck meat which was covered with an amazing vinaigrette dressing on a bed of lettuce. I ...

... Van Goghs old apartment. Not a very spectacular looking place but pretty cool none the less! We walked to the Moulin Rouge and got lunch. The Moulin rouge is in the red light district so there were many many many sex shops and strip clubs! It felt like home on St Cath!! Haha! After all that walking it was time to catch a metro and go home for what else...a nap! What a great way to end the day!<br><br>Today Chris got his manual driving skills on ...

Monet's house and garden were so beautiful and so interesting to see his inspiration and then see the actual paintings. The day was not sunny but our guide said that better to view the gardens.Loved the lily ponds. The town of Vernon was not as ...

Love the city of Rouen which has such a medieval feel to it but has an university with 25,000 students so quite the bustling town. The Notre Dame cathedral located in the center of town was beyond massive . We saw the most unbelievable night light show that was projected against the cathedral .... I cannot not even explain it .. simply an overwhelming show. Rouen also the site where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. Plenty of shopping and pastry shops!

... which emits wafts of buttery bliss. Perpendicular to our street is a pedestrian road lined with boulangeries and patisseries. Fresh fruit and vegetable stands catch your eyes with vibrant colors and complete perfection in size and shape. I love it all. On Wednesdays and Saturdays the parking lot across from our place transforms into a Farmer's market. I looked out my window today, saw glimpses of cabbage, bunches of petit radishes and barrels of potatoes. As soon as Kyle gets ...

... old buildings with all the thatched wood running through them having modern shopping stores on the bottom levels. We walked until we found a square where a very modern church was build after the old one was destroyed. There were ruins of a foundation in this courtyard which we could only assume belonged to the old church cause again they didnt have them labeled. We walked around the back of the church to find a little flower garden with a little plastic sign that ...

... travel a lot though I do not know the prizes) and it gives a discount of 25- 50% off train tickets (usually 50%, only some times only give you 25%) in addition to discounts on some airlines, car rentals, and bus tickets for one year from the start of use. I've only used it 4 times (Rouen-Bayeux, Bayeux-Caen (saved 3 euros, but it counts), Caen- Pontorson/Mt. St. Michel, and finally Pontorson-Paris (saved 31 euros)) and already I've payed for the card in ...