A Good Yarn

The Normandy and Brittany coasts are pretty familiar ground,

relatively speaking, and we always enjoy seeing them; this is

our third or fourth visit. Maybe Vicki's fifth. Anyhow,

after spending the night at an aire in Merlontin-sur-Mer,

we drove on to Bayeaux, inadvertently skipping Caen.

At Bayeaux, we walked the town a bit, saw the Cathedral,
and--once more dear friends...--the Bayeaux Tapestry.

Having seen the ground at Battle, UK, and the presentations

there, it was very interesting to seeing the 10th century

Norman perspective. We drove on, at length, camping at a

designated "camping-car" site at Arromanches. Above,

the gale continues, violently, the morning after our channel

crossing; sand blowing over the sea-wall at Merlontin-sur-mer

Street scene in Bayeaux...lunch time;
we had hoped to eat at the patisserie at the
tapisserie, but settled instead for a local

bistro, Vicki doing the galettes, me the
fish soup

The 200+ year old Liberty Tree in Bayeaux--

planted at the time of the Revolution

Entry to the tapestries, still fascinating (no pix)

And, if you can find a US-DVD-compatible version, I heartily

recommended the new animated version...a hoot!