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Day 16 - Paris - Versailles - Lisieux
After a night out in Paris and a few wines, we were up early to spring clean the apartment, the concierge arrived at 8.45 am and gave us the OK, so out the door to catch the RER to La Defense to pick up our new car!
A brand new Peugeot 3008 with 12 km on the clock. Sara was disappointed there were no pink ones there, but as we walked up …
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, ...
Caen: Walking in the Footsteps of Excellence
... I cleared. The only problem was that apparently, they're supposed to find your heart on the x-ray and mine didn't show up. Haaaa. Typical. Guess this means I really am heartless.
There's no real sense of privacy with French medicine. I went into a room with my radiologist. And she told me to take off my top. I'd heard from my friends that this x-ray was a topless affair, however, I was hoping to escape that. I didn't. I only took off my sweater, and ...
Le Havre
Drove along the coastal road towards LeHavre. Stayed for two days right next to the port at a free Aire.Watched as the huge container ships passed within 50m of the campervan site. Le Havre was flattened during WWII but has been rebuiltin a very Communist/Stalin kind of way (Huge concrete structures) The 'Eglise St Joseph was incredible. Looked like a Greek light house from the outsidebut when inside the exposed concrete walls and ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
- Pets allowed