Stars Rouen Hotel St-Etienne-du-Rouvray

... around enjoying the fresh air and the city until we got hungry and needed to stop for a snack. We got some pastries and sat by the River enjoying our meal. We noticed a pretty little peninsula under the bridge and decided to check it out where we took a bunch of pictures.

We spent most of the evening looking for campsites and failing. We ended up finding a Formula 1 hotel which is cheap and efficient. The best ...

... south west to Paris. The plan is to visit the villages on the river on the way to Rouen, and are rewarded with their beauty.

We arrive to Rouen late in the afternoon. We eventually and somewhat tentatively settle on a park on the riverside by some docked barges being used as houses.

Kim cooked up gourmet hamburgers which was washed down ...

... is not a traditional church because it is built in a way that is supposed to remind you of how she died, it looks very modern.
I also booked my train ticket for the next trip which was interesting because she couldn't speak english, however I had written down what I wanted and it was sipmple enough although I had to catch a train later than I wanted for my eurrail pass to be valid. It is more difficult to travel in France; firstly because you MUST ...

... of Giverny only has around 200 permanent inhabitants, its very very small. At the same time its one of the most visited sites outside of the city, therefore about 1/3 of the city is accommodations for those tourist and by accommodations I mean parking lots and tourist attractions. The designer who was hired to provide (and also conceal) these accommodations did an incredible job. The parking lot is planted with wild grasses that seem to flow right into the nearby natural fields ...

... Van Goghs old apartment. Not a very spectacular looking place but pretty cool none the less! We walked to the Moulin Rouge and got lunch. The Moulin rouge is in the red light district so there were many many many sex shops and strip clubs! It felt like home on St Cath!! Haha! After all that walking it was time to catch a metro and go home for what else...a nap! What a great way to end the day!

Today Chris got his manual driving skills on ...

... as other towns along the Seine but did have some nice features. Tonight is the gala farewell party ... the food has been unbelievable and can not image what they have planned tonight! The German crew are nice enough but not really the passengers!

Love the city of Rouen which has such a medieval feel to it but has an university with 25,000 students so quite the bustling town. The Notre Dame cathedral located in the center of town was beyond massive . We saw the most unbelievable night light show that was projected against the cathedral .... I cannot not even explain it .. simply an overwhelming show. Rouen also the site where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. Plenty of shopping and pastry shops!

Crossed to Le Havre and tried to find our pre-chosen Aire de Service (Motor-home site provided by communities, generally free and one-night only). However the Seine got in the way and by the time we got there local ferries had finished for the day. Ended up in car park of a childrens' adventure centre - fine.

... to capture this area so that other landings in the area would be safe. It was here that the first soldiers made ground well before dawn on June 6th, 1944. They suffered huge losses as the Germans fired down upon them from the cliffs but eventually secured the area, finding that all the long range guns had been moved just days before to Calais in expectation of an Allied attack further along the coast. The beaches of Normandy where the attack took place are by no means the nearest ...