Day 15

Day 15

Our last full day to roam!!!!!  WE decided to take it slow and easy and just go to the nearby city Bayeux.  It is only 7Km away and is a gorgeous small city.  If you remember we went there a few days ago to see the cathedral and tapestry but did not go downtown.  Sunday is a bad day to go because only a handful of establishments are open for business, but we did find a wonder bakery with all kinds of French pastry and also a really beautiful coffee shop where we stopped for a cup and to relax.  We walked the streets and “window” shopped…..just slowly walking and enjoying the gorgeous sunny day.  Did I mention that no matter where we go we see post cards and all kinds of signs noting that rain is a given fact in Normandy but we have been soooooo lucky that it rained only a few minutes just one day.  Some days have been some clouds but most have been sunny and bright…..nice.

So once back to the car we got our homemade lunch and found a nice park bench to eat the baguette sandwiches and those wonderful French pastries we bought…OMG were they wonderful.  We knew the British cemetery was nearby and it was the only one we had not visited, so off we went.  It was only a little out of town and just like all the others were sooooooo moving.  This time 6,000 British soldiers and sailors are buried.  And like the others it is so well kept and gorgeous. As they say….WE SHALL NEVER FORGET.

Annnddd, next door just down the road is the Normandy museum which covers the invasion and all the battles after to liberate France.

WE stopped thinking, “oh an hour so here” and it turned out to be incredible.  By far the best museum on the war we had seen so far.  I had EVERYTHING.  The bios of all the leaders on both sides, a movie of all the battles to liberate the country, walls and walls describing all the battles, how they were fought and won and in between we saw cabinet after cabinet of how they the soldiers dressed (both sides) and many pieces of equipment including many weapons vehicles, trucks, tanks and even a bulldozer.!!!!!  We ended staying almost 4 hours there!!!!!  It was just soooo interesting.  As one of our friends noted that “it was overwhelming”!!!!

Back home in a few minutes we decided to shop one more time downtown and I found a couple nice gifts for my grand children……and a few more pictures of the beach, the caissons still stranded on the beach and the surrounding town from the low tide points way out to sea.  More great photography.

Now home and we plan one more nice meal downtown to celebrate a wonderful and truly educational trip and to get some more of that wonderful seafood!!!!

Tomorrow we wanted to stop at Govern on the way to the airport but found it is closed on Mondays….so we will plan something.  Then to the airport hotel to overnight and catch our plane home tomorrow. 

IT HAS BEEN A TRULY AN INCREDIBLE TRIP…….GREAT FRIENDS, GREAT FOOD, GREAT SIGHTS AND GREAT WINE!!!!!!