Normandy Barriere Deauville

... by works car parks and on the other by a busy road hence a noisy night and not much sleep. Went round the museum - mainly nautical - and though it had the edge on ****-pots it wasn't particularly interesting. French museums in our experience tend to be a touch boring. I got ripped-off - I felt - at an internet cafe where I was charged 7.50eu for two coffees and half an hour on a computer which wouldn't accept my memory-stick. 18.09.09 Saint Brice-En-Cogles N48.24'40" W1 ...

... taken, and all that was left was the suite with jacuzzi for like 3 times the price. And we are the only ones that use the toilet in the hallway, so i figured i'd give it a try. So far so good, but its only like 8:30PM now.....I have to say, after lying in the sun on a rock at the top of the cliff facing the sea with the sun shining on us, life aint so bad.......suggest everyone take a year off and travel ...

... and we made it safe and sound! Caen is pretty quiet today I guess becasue it is Sunday and it seems that everything is closed! We got a cheap hotel which is surprisingly clean and cute! Tonight we relax and enjoy some dragonball z on the computer and tmr we go sightseeing!

So far so good and I've even gotten adventurous...thats right...I had an espresso this evening! I know right!!

Talk to you all later!

Goodnyt!

... and as the time got closer to it leaving, I started running while Graeme hobbled behind. We got there on time but found out that there were at least 8 people later than us. Got back to the ship about 6.30pm and went up to Oasis Bar to farewell a few people who were getting off at Southampton. Stephen from the Oasis Bar was leaving the ship and we had a countdown for him. Thankyou for your attention Stephen. We will try to train the new guy properly.
Bed by 10.30pm.

We arrived in Honfleur from Le Havre where the yacht is anchored. We'll drive through Normandy and hook up with the yacht in Cherbourg.

Honfleur is an old fishing town on the south bank of the mouth of the Seine in the English Channel. The harbor is a must see if you visit Normandy. We visited in the morning and then left for Trouville-sur-Mer.

... town itself is really nice. In fact we like the town so much that we are upset we did not spend the night there. Unfortunately, had already pre-paid our Paris hotel and can’t change our reservation .

So we are off to Paris a little sad at our poor planning and research but that will soon be gone when the moment we see the Arc D’ Triumph in the distance…

... at those beaches because they were the ones that I was most interested in but more of a factor was the day is only so long and I could have spent a day at each beach going to the museums and reading the courageous stories of the brave Allied service men and women.

Well we have erased most of the spiritual healing we received at Mt-St-Michel and while it is depressing to think of all of the lives lost the main emotion is pride. We keep driving to Caen on our way to Paris.

... and then along the beach was very informative and heart warming, it made us proud to be Canadian. We had been told to try the local brandy called Calvados, so after finding a little liquor store giving samples we found that was about enough and no bottle was needed! It taste okay but for Lynden it would have been done on the rocks and we didn´t have any. After dinner we walked along ...

... joy and admiration from myself and many others on this trip of the men who jumped and served.

Some folks that did not have the opportunity to go into Deauville yesterday went ahead into town a few minutes ago, but I wanted to get this written and now I think I am going to pop a DVD in the computer and try to relax a bit.

On a side note, I spoke to Paddy, one of the guys that is on the tour with us, and he was in contact with the US Army and it is ...

... like i'm in an interview, where i keep loosing a foosball game! Suddenly Someone suggests we all go for a drink, strangely most of them are questioning to finish this stupid game! While American Guy and i both try and convince them to leave it, we glance at each other every few seconds and telepathically say to one another: "o.k i know and you know that we're both dying of thirst, so if nobody budges in ten more seconds we should make a dash for it before the pub shuts ...