Today was finishing off WWII!!!
WE drove to Utah Beach and it truly was the most
elaborate. The museum was absolutely awesome. It was very large and truly covered all the
branches of service involved…..Navy, Army, Air core, Medical care, Engineers……everyone,
with vehicles, pictures, movies and even a plane. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. It is
interesting that the Utah part was very successful and really assisted in the
success of operation.
We also watched several movies which told even more details
of the operation. It was great. Once done we traveled into the nearby town
(no idea the name) and ate lunch and walked
around and came upon all kinds of small signs that told unheard of stories of
what happened in that particular town during the invasion….it was really
cool. This was the area where the
paratroopers landed and all kinds of situations occurred. Some cool, some cruel. We wanted to see the town where the famous
paratrooper dropped and got caught other church steeple. We found it and they ACTUALLY HAVE A
REPRODUCTION OF THE PARATROOPER HANGING FROM THE CHURCH STEEPLE……cool. WE walked the town and also read small signs
that told unheard of stories of what happened.
It is sooooo cool that one could spend days traveling the area town to
town researching the history. But we had
lots to do, so we were off to Bayeux to see the famous tapestries. It was only a few miles away and we arrived
and parked near the place, which happened to be right near the huge Notre Dame
of Bayeux. So we visited the tapestry
museum which was really good. ….not at all what I expected. It is a like 100 foot long tapestry that they
made in 1060s to celebrate the victory of William the Conqueror over his
brother at Hastings. It was really
interesting and quite informative. After
we walked over to the cathedral and went in…..it was really a nice example of
ancient churches. Back to the car and
home……we got home around 5:30 and OOOOOH YEAAA….relaxed with wine, cheese and
tonight a delicious hard sausage. WE sat
outside on our picnic table and really enjoyed this wonderful warm and sunny
day end. For dinner we had a wonderful
salad with local veggies and chicken we bought cooked. But dessert was a real treat. We bought strawberries yesterday and with
some cut up apples (from our back yard) and nectarines we enjoyed a wonderful
local meal. Now they are watching FRENCH
TV while I type and off to bed soon. NO
ENGLISH TV HERE!!!
Tomorrow we are off to Mont St. Michel the famous monastery
west of us. We plan to stay overnight
there so we will have to pack nights worth of clothes. WE want to get the most out of it plus we
have reservations to a 5 STAR restaurant on the water nearby…..for you Anthony
Berdain fans, it was on one of his shows.
It will be a real treat to our trip.
I must say now that we lost our internet about 30 minutes
after it was restored and so now I am doing it on WORD and sending it
later. WE, I guess just gave up on it after
awhile. They are just not into the
internet like we are.
I really cannot say much about the local color other than
everyone we meet are sooooo nice and 90% speak English. WE got gas (really diesel) today and every
customer at the pumps helped us out getting filled up. Oh by the way for you gasoline (diesel)
fans…the bill was around $70 for alittle
over a half tank to fill!!!! So be happy you live in the US and have our
prices!!!!
One really negative thing is that our cards just do not work
here in France….IN MACHINSES. I have one
with the new “chip” but it did not work either, so cash is the main go here!!!!
So maybe tomorrow in our new hotel in Mont St. Michel will
have WiFi and I can send these out…..we will see.
Good Night!!!
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