We drove to Caen on Wednesday night. We hit the road around 7 then had to turn BACK because we forgot our passports. As it turns out we didn’t even need them. That being said, had we not brought them we would have been met with a shrug and a “ce n’est pas possible” (“it is not possible”) had we needed them to do something. That’s also pretty much the answer I’ve gotten every time I’ve tried to open a bank account here.
We arrived in Caen that night and the next day we went to the Caen Memorial Museum, which was quite interesting and really big (they sell 24 hours tickets so you can come back in the afternoon or the next day to finish seeing everything). We then drove to Juno beach and the Canadian museum there. We haven’t seen that many Canadians in one place anywhere outside of Canada!
That night, we drove to Ducey, a small town near the Mont St Michel. We went to visit the latter that night after sunset, it was really magnificent all lit up. 
We returned the next day, don’t let the picture with the blue sky fool you, it poured rain. All in all, it was quite a nice trip, albeit a bit short.
I think it most always rain in Normandy. When my friend and I left Paris it was sunny and hot but when we arrived in Normandy we had to buy sweatshirts, leggings and umbrellas to stay warm and dry that day. We were totally unprepared for the windy, damp beaches!
ReplyDeletePS KG kids & parents say BONJOUR MLLE!