Les Fontaines Barbery

... steep to get down to the shore, it’s hard to imagine how difficult the soldiers had it. Seeing the sight at Omaha Beach really made me feel proud to be an American. After the beach, we drove onward to Saint-Malo, which is on the coast, and is a walled city. We stayed at a cute little hotel, similar to a B&B and had dinner at a nice restaurant, too bad I ordered my steak too rare…

Arrived at Ouistreham just before dark and found an Aire de Service right on the beach and this time it was free! The downside was it was right next to the ferry terminal and the 6am ferry to Portmouth the next day was kill the tranquilo the next morning. Kim's Maison du Scooby cooked up a storm. Pork fajitas on rice - delicious. I gave it 5 stars.

... The gear box was in need of some TLC. Kim came back to find me covered in grease and waste deep in Scooby. I am certainly learning my way around a car engine.
A quick pit stop via McDonalds for free internet to upload our blog and photos and then onto Ouistreham code name Sword Beach - the first of the D-Day beaches.

Onwards to Etretat for our first overnight stay in an Aires de service. These are overnight parking areas for campers and moterhomes and supply fresh water, electricity and waste dumping facilities. All at a rock bottom price. This one was 5 Euro for the parking a and extra 2 euro for the water and electirc hookup.
Town has spectacular cliffs beautiful old building full of character.

... on the 20th.. Had a 20 mile round trip on the bike to Fougeres and, on the 20th., set off in high hopes in the morning to investigate the GB. What a load of tat!!! You may think that there's a load of rubbish to be seen at a UK car-boot. Here it was unbelievable. Last September in Les Andeleys we went to a market which stretched for over a mile along the Seine and into the town with top quality stalls selling goods of all descriptions from clothing to antiques. Here it ...

We started this morning planning to visit Honfleur and spend a couple of days here as it is so beautiful. But today it rains, so today it loses!
As the battery is flat too, we simply cast off and drove south west.
On the way out of Cite Europe where we took on some diesel we say a couple of hitchers, and as we were feeling in good spirits we picked them up.
They were quite chatty but after a while we were ...

TomTom is great, expect when you don't have the maps for the country you're in!
We have the full european DVD but loading all the maps onto the phone was one item that did not make it onto my big list of jobs to do before we left.
I still have the DVD with my but no DVD drive!
We have been navigating with googlemaps since ...

The first night was spent in a nice stop on the edge of the old port in Calais.
I've been here before when i did some sailing in my youth so i know it well.
It seemed safe enough as there must have been 50 motorhomes but there was a broken window overnight for someone!
We moved onto honfleur and found a nice stop 2Km from honfleur which was free and had a large football/basketball court for jake to play in

... purchased her a box of chocolate in gratitude. Simon is an atheist and is living the Law of Attraction without even knowing what it is. He will be extremely successful in his endeavour because of it. He offered me the use of his computer to check for emails even though the computer is in the residence part of the building. He is a man of "Quality" and whenever you decide to visit the beaches of Normandy, make sure you stay there for the best experience you will ever have in a B&B.

... What a beautiful place... within sight and smell of the sea, yet well hidden inland. What a lonely place - sad and forlorn. And yet, I felt that the peace that now reigned in this place was the most fitting tribute to those brave souls. They fought for peace. They rest in peace. We continued our way along the coast, headed towards the town of Ouistreham, along the way crossing the famous Pegasus Bridge, where a fierce battle raged between the Americans and ...