Retirement Odyssey
Much better night's sleep. Guess we're finally getting used to the new time zone. Weather still cloudy, cool with occasional rain. Tina needs warmer clothes so it's off to Printemps and Monoprix to find a sweater.
Visited the TI again to pick up driving information for "La Route des Anciennes Abbayes" the route we will take on 7/26 from Rouen to Honfleur. Along the way we'll see beautiful abbeys and abbey churches built 1030-1260, some intact/functioning, others in ruins since the French revolution in the early 1800's
Went to Restaurant La Couronne for lunch. It's the oldest continuously operating auberge in France, opened in 1345 !! In 1948 Julia Childs was living in the USA, before she became a famous chef. During a trip to Rouen, she had her first French gourmet meal here. The rest is history!We had a very nice meal..... but neither of us has aspirations to become a chef.
In front of the restaurant is the Place de Vieux Marche where Jean d'Arc was burned at the stake in 1431 at age 19. A church dedicated to her, designed by a Norwegian, was built in 1979 and incorporates sumptuous 16th century stained glass windows salvaged from various churches destroyed by Allied bombings pre-D-Day in 1944.
Made a short visit to the Museum of Fine Art on our way back home for the afternoon R&R period
Walked
7/24- 6.7 miles
Drove
zero km
Recalling the life of Jean d'Arc
July 24, 2017
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Rouen
Much better night's sleep. Guess we're finally getting used to the new time zone. Weather still cloudy, cool with occasional rain. Tina needs warmer clothes so it's off to Printemps and Monoprix to find a sweater.
Visited the TI again to pick up driving information for "La Route des Anciennes Abbayes" the route we will take on 7/26 from Rouen to Honfleur. Along the way we'll see beautiful abbeys and abbey churches built 1030-1260, some intact/functioning, others in ruins since the French revolution in the early 1800's
Went to Restaurant La Couronne for lunch. It's the oldest continuously operating auberge in France, opened in 1345 !! In 1948 Julia Childs was living in the USA, before she became a famous chef. During a trip to Rouen, she had her first French gourmet meal here. The rest is history!We had a very nice meal..... but neither of us has aspirations to become a chef.
In front of the restaurant is the Place de Vieux Marche where Jean d'Arc was burned at the stake in 1431 at age 19. A church dedicated to her, designed by a Norwegian, was built in 1979 and incorporates sumptuous 16th century stained glass windows salvaged from various churches destroyed by Allied bombings pre-D-Day in 1944.
Made a short visit to the Museum of Fine Art on our way back home for the afternoon R&R period
Walked
7/24- 6.7 miles
Drove
zero km
1.
Preparation
2.
Our Journey Begins
3.
Arrival in Normandy
4.
Recalling the life of Jean d'Arc
5.
Farewell Rouen, welcome sunshine
6.
La Route des Ancienne Abbayes
7.
La Jour de Lessive
8.
Continuing west in Normandy
9.
En vacances
10.
Lazy Sunday; Dimanche en France
11.
Brittany, Bretagne, Briezh
12.
The Coast Beckons
13.
Down To the River
14.
Our First Excursion
15.
Another Excursion
16.
Westward Ho!
17.
Touring North Brittany
18.
Channel to Mountains to Atlantic
19.
Hello Birthday Girl
20.
A Change in the Air In Quimper (Kemper)
21.
On We Go!!
22.
Daytripping
23.
"Breaking News"
24.
Medieval festival
25.
Apocalypse Tapestry
26.
"Sunday" on a Tuesday
27.
Visite Guidee avec Sylvie
28.
A Visit To St Etienne
29.
Gloomy Day
30.
A Change in Roofs; Saturday Traffic
31.
Volcano Day .... Up and Away
32.
French Hill Towns of the Massif Central
33.
Je Viens a Vienne
34.
The Grandeur of Roman Vienne
35.
Vienne- continued
36.
2000+ years ago in Roman Vienne
37.
Approaching Provence
38.
The Heat Is On
39.
Vaucluse and Ventoux
40.
Baking with the Romans
41.
Cote de Rhone loop drive
42.
The Red Rocks of Roussillon
43.
Inclement Weather in the East Luberon
44.
Bright Sun in the Western Luberon
45.
Mini-Mistral; Venice of Provence
46.
A Day In the "New" Avignon
47.
An Audience With the Pope
48.
Over the Mountain to Arles
49.
Around and About Arles
50.
Ancient Arle; Coupes des Cheveux
51.
Water to Nime, Birthplace of Bluejeans
52.
Cool and Damp in the City of Denim
53.
Nime's 1st Water Source
54.
Sleeping Like a Monk
55.
Day Trip to Aix en Provence
56.
One Last Trip to the Luberon
57.
Blowing Onto the Cote d'Azur
58.
Cloudy Day on the Cote d'Azur?!?!
59.
Surf and Sun in Golfe-Juan
60.
Souffle Encore
61.
Leaving the Coast; Inland Cote d'Azur
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