Le Clos Fleuri
Travel Blogs from Saint Pierre du Mont
Week end en Normandie
... br> Balade a Courseulle, balade sur la plage, beaucoup de mojitos et de pommeau, bon roti de boeuf, delicieuses tourtes au camembert et aux lardons.. Bien cool...
Comme d'hab je les fais chier quand ils vont se coucher, Jules est bien bourre ce soir...
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Laying siege to Honfleur
... old and beautiful construction. There is a toll of €3.50 one way but I think it is cheaper in the other direction.
Honfleur is only about 25 minutes from the port but we head first for a panorama to have views back across the Seine to our ship then down to Honfleur. On the way we stop at a beautiful hotel, St Ferme,which has an authentic old Normandy style house in the grounds with a reed thatch roof and an old apple ...
There Are No Words
... thing I always wondered about is how all the monuments and art in Europe survived all the bombings during the war. Well, I saw pictures from Paris of how they put sandbags completely around some of the monuments. And I read about how all of the art from the museums was moved out into the country where it would be safe. I’m very glad because the world is a much better place with all of that art in it.
Day 17 - Camembert - Bayeux - Arromanches
... and half timbered houses everywhere. Made us a bit homesick looking at all the farms and cattle!
However we found out the whole history of Camembert cheese at the village itself (a church, museum and shop - smaller than Cust!) with a free tasting thrown in.
Then on to Bayeux to see the tapestry of the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Again very interesting and the audio guide that went ...
The battle between Tom Tom and Em Em starts!!
... questioned in my Toyota! After the heart palpitations had ended I decided it was time for some human intervention and took over the navigation. Admitidly we still went through some small villages but at least they were on the main roads!
We arrived at Arromanches les Bains at about 3pm after what was suppose to be a quick stop at Ouistreham to load up at the Carrefour but that turned into an impromptu laundry stop and ...