Hotel Mercure Lisieux
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Laying siege to Honfleur
The weather is cold and grey again about 11c and rain threatens but we wrap up and set off.
Today we have our tour with Cristophe. Having been told he spoke little English it is a very pleasant surprise to find that he speaks very good English, and is chatty and enthusiastic so we are set for a good day!
We head off towards Honfleur over the Bridge of Normandy which is the first bridge on the Seine from the sea. It is ...
Monet, Monet, Monet!!!!
Today we are off on our first trip, pre booked with Le Havre taxis we are off to Monet's garden at Giverny and to visit Rouen. Unfortunately we haven't slept well, there are strange banging and crashing noises around our cabin,maybe it was docking but we hope for a better night tonight.
We meet Francis, our taxi driver, at 8am just outside the terminal building and off we set for our hour and a half drive to Giverny.
We have pre booked tickets on ...
Caen: Walking in the Footsteps of Excellence
... a charming old gentleman from Missouri. In fact, people kept approaching me all day. I guess I just looked so happy seeing history. I don't know why, but people kept talking to me! This one guy - I think he was trying to chat me up - was talking to me at the bus station. I have no idea what he was really saying though. Nor did I care. I could see a giant Medieval church, and a sign that say William's Chateau was just behind the church. I didn't have time for his ...
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 ...
A D-Day Education in Caen
... were especially moving. Outside, there are nation-specific D-Day memorials and peace statements from numerous country leaders.
It's quickly apparent that Caen is lacking in architecture more than a few decades old. That makes sense considering 80% of the city was destructed during the 1944 Battle of Normandy. For a good account of that time period from a local resistance worker, ...
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