Retirement Odyssey
We made the short, easy drive from Honfleur to Bayeux in just over and hour. Our B&B (La Villa) is nice, but parking is difficult here.
No problem getting into the Bayeux tapestry museum, despite warnings to the contrary. The tapestry is an amazing piece of art history, some say the world's first cartoon! Though called a "tapestry", it is truly an enormous work of embroidery, 70 meters long and about 18" high. For the majority of the populace who were illiterate, it was a pictorial representation of William the Conquerer's voyage to England with 7000 men and 2000 horses in over 100 Viking style boats, where he defeated King Harold at the battle of Hastings in 1066. During the early centuries after it's creation, it was displayed in the cathedral for 2 weeks each year.
The Bayeux Cathedral is awe inspiring. It's as big as Notre Dame in Paris. (see photos)
We stopped at the TI and picked up the map for a self guided walking tour. We scouted out places for dinner as we walked and made a reservation. Lucky we did as they were packed at 7:00 PM! Nice meal.... lamb chops for me and pork tenderloin for Tina
Walked- 4.6 miles
Drove- 96 km
Continuing west in Normandy
July 28, 2017
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Bayeux
We made the short, easy drive from Honfleur to Bayeux in just over and hour. Our B&B (La Villa) is nice, but parking is difficult here.
No problem getting into the Bayeux tapestry museum, despite warnings to the contrary. The tapestry is an amazing piece of art history, some say the world's first cartoon! Though called a "tapestry", it is truly an enormous work of embroidery, 70 meters long and about 18" high. For the majority of the populace who were illiterate, it was a pictorial representation of William the Conquerer's voyage to England with 7000 men and 2000 horses in over 100 Viking style boats, where he defeated King Harold at the battle of Hastings in 1066. During the early centuries after it's creation, it was displayed in the cathedral for 2 weeks each year.
The Bayeux Cathedral is awe inspiring. It's as big as Notre Dame in Paris. (see photos)
We stopped at the TI and picked up the map for a self guided walking tour. We scouted out places for dinner as we walked and made a reservation. Lucky we did as they were packed at 7:00 PM! Nice meal.... lamb chops for me and pork tenderloin for Tina
Walked- 4.6 miles
Drove- 96 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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