You would think we would be tired of museums.  Well you would be right.  We went to the Caen WW2 was museum.

  Reading and walking slowly from room to room full of interesting stuff is great for an hour.  For 3 hours it gets a little wearing.  I love this stuff but its great to be gome with my bagette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. 
We found a great bakery.  Although they dont seem to speak english so we communicate thru sign languge.  You should see my sign for bagette.  Well were out of wine.  Got to go….

Wow. I think we are officially “museumed out” if there is such a thing. This place is amazing but my head is going to explode. In a good way. 🙂 posted by bunny

We continued our exploration of the beaches at Normandy.  Our first stop was Utah beach.  One of the 2 american landing beaches. 

They had a wonderful museum with a plane, jeep and the landing craft used to deliver infantry onto the beach.  It also gad lots of personal accounts of what transpired on that historic day.  It really made us all proud to be americans. 
We then drove along to shore and spoted numerous gun sites still there along the beach. 

We then drove inland to St Mere Eglise where one of the paratroupers on d day got his parachutes caught in the church steeple and hung there for 2 hours until the germans cut him down.  They have put a parachute and a fake soldier hanging from the church steeple.  As seen in the movir ‘The Longest Day’
We then sat at a coffee shop in St Mere Eglise trying to plan out the last day in Bayeux.  We wanted to see the castle in Mont St Michel and the museum at Caen.  We figured out we still had time to drive to the castle and tour it that evening.  So we made the 1 1/2 hour drive to Mont St Michel to see a catle built on an island in 708 ad.
It was incredible. 

We spent 2 hours touring that and we were in the van and hit the road for home at 8:30. 
We got back to Bayeux and had pizza .. beer .. and wine. 

It was a big day but GREAT….

This really will be short (not my usual long-winded monologue) as we’ll be heading out again to see more D-Day sights in a bit. We’re staying in a really funky 18th century stonehouse with a little courtyard. It smells a little funny but it’s great.

We saw the American cemetery yesterday and it was very sobering. There’s a lot to think about, truly. The French people in Normandy are very kind to Americans – I read that that is because of the incredible sacrifice made by the troops on D-Day. That feeling has lasted almost 70 years…

Sheesh – way too serious here. Scott’s quote for the day: “Everything in France has cheese in it.”

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We arrived in Bayeux yesterday.  Today was a Great day in France.  We started the day with croisants and coffee at an croisant dore.  Then we fpund the local ‘farmers market’ or what ever they call it in France.  It was GREAT…. it was about 2 blocks on both sidez of the street.  Then we retrived the van fr the free parking area.  Only Ben could remmber where we parked it.  The it was off to the Normandy beaches.  We went to the WW2 museums and ended at the American cemetary.  Over 9000 grave sires at that location along with many stories about the individuals who gave their lives in the war. 

They had pics of the actual men who were the basis for the saving private ryan movie.  Their actual last name was Niland.
We then visited a grocery store and stocked up on provisions.

Its now time to relax and recover from this tourist stuff.  We are planning on finishing the rest of the WW2 museum stuff tomorrow.

We are here and going to hit the beaches.  Utah .. Omaha and all the other Normandy beaches.  What a beautiful and quaint little twon with little roads.  We rented a van.  The one we rented was not available so they gave us a bigger van.  An 8 seater.  We thought that was great until we got into Bayeux.  The streets are very narrow and confusing.  I am sure I am not getting out of this town without hitting something. 
But what a wonderful town.  Everywhere you look they have what looks like an ancient building.  The church is right in the middle of everything.

Here it is all lite up as we walked back from parking the car in the free parking area.  Parkimg is at a premium around here. 
Also were not in London anymore.  They speak a different language here.  That will be a challenge and much more difficult and gun.  I am hoping to learn some words before we leave. 

Waiting for the 12:57 to Calais

Sausage . Bacon . Egg over easy . and beans . Coffee and toast

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