28. August 2017 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We've started assembling documents, shoes, outer wear, hiking stuff, city stuff while wondering about the weather, and our companions on the hike. We have airline tickets, train tickets and trusty oldWeiterlesen
1. September 2017 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We are lucky. Our good friend Gordon chauffeurs us to the airport in his chariot and safely delivers us to RDU. He is also our photographer.
1. September 2017 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The airplane is outside the door and people are queueing up even though boarding won't start for 20 minutes and lining up doesn't get you to your seat any faster. Human nature I guess. If a lineWeiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyCaen49°11’5” N 0°22’1” W
3. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Arrived in Paris at 6am Saturday morning with the city just waking up. A taxi to the St. Lazare train station costs over 100 euros so we took the airport bus. Quite a bit of flapping on our partWeiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyCaen49°11’5” N 0°22’1” W 3. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Somehow we manage to walk to our b&b even though we don't have a city nap and Google maps isn't working and my smartphone is out of battery power. We are very tired but determined to stay awake untilWeiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyCaen49°11’5” N 0°22’1” W
4. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Our room is on the second floor of This Old House. The stairway seems about two hundred years old. We meet the hostess and her dog, a golden retriever. Breakfast both days is dark coffee/fruit/severalWeiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyBayeux49°16’34” N 0°42’1” W
4. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Sunday morning we walk uphill to the Memorial de Caen, which was imagined by the Mayor of Caen and built in 1988 on the site of a German bunker. It's extraordinary and we spend the entire day there.Weiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyBayeux49°16’34” N 0°42’1” W
4. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Caen was bombed by the allies on June 7th. More than 20,000 citizens died as the allied troops chased the Germans toward the eastern frontier. Much has been rebuilt, so the streets are now a mix ofWeiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyBayeux49°16’34” N 0°42’1” W 4. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our guide meets us on Monday morning and the group gathers for introductions. Then we are off to Bayeau, a small village of about 10,000 which was NOT damaged in the war. It's the home of William theWeiterlesen
FrankreichNormandyBayeux49°16’34” N 0°42’1” W
6. September 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We arrived in Bayeau on Monday. It's closer to the beaches than Caen and will be our home for two nights. The hotel Villa Lara is lovely, right in the center of a very old village. The 11c Abbeye deeWeiterlesen
