Hotel d'Argouges Bayeux

Leaving St-Malo after another walk through the town in the morning, we made our way towards Mont St-Michel, following local roads along the coast, through tiny picturesque villages, quiet in the morning. A stop in Cancale had been recommended, and despite high winds and cloudy skies, we entered this little town right on the coast. Far, far away over the water, seemingly floating above the horizon, the distinct shape of Mont St-Michel was visible, a tiny spec in the distance. It seemed improba...

Waking up to dry skies but a constant threat of rain, we had breakfast at the hotel, then left on foot to go visit Bayeux. Always ahead of the game, I had bought in Mont St-Michel an excellent "GeoGuide" for Normandy, and it contained all the details I needed to plan the visits we wanted to make. First stop in Bayeux, the Cathedral. Medieval (of course), but greatly damaged in World War II and since restored, it was to be our first real encounter with how much history was part of Normandy. Th...

[End of Trip Disclaimer: Now that we're home, my inclination is to edit this travelogue to fill in the blanks, add more sightseeing or historical details, correct my grammar, spelling and typos and generally make everything more coherent. But I'm going to resist. What you have before you is the way it was! We created our travelogues with the excitement of the day's experiences upon us. And on foreign language keyboards! And in dark internet cafes with raucous music in the background, inhaling...

Got to sleep in a bit this morning as we weren't leaving the hotel till 9:00. The doors on the shower stall worked, but the stall itself is one of those where if you turn around, you knock against the faucet lever and end up completely changing the water temperature.

I tried to make a phone call to Paris this morning to confirm my shuttle reservation (I was given explicit instructions to call two days prior to pick-up), but all I got on the phone was a “boop-boop-boop” nois...

Well, my little prefab shower room didn't work so well. The room must have been tilted just enough because the water from the showerhead would land on the rim of the tub and then cascade over the side, even though I kept turning it toward the wall. When I was done with my shower, the bath mat was a sodden mess, and the floor was completely covered in water. After I
finished using the bath towel I put it down on the floor, and it took about four seconds for it to be completely soaked. I was...

up early,,, tube to gare to nord, got rental card at europcar,, no haslles,, had to walk a block to get car in a very cool underground parkage lighted like a airport. with classical music playing,,, drove to caen to museum , and then to bayeuw around 4pm' dad panic'nt with nav comp a few times ,, but all worked out in the end. every hour you have to pay a toll of 5 euros to use highways. not used to that. so we survived getting out of paris and out to normady in our own rental car. off to din...