We stayed in Rouen a few times with friends of mine. I lived in Rouen for a year back in the early 1970s. We went to Caen (rhymes with temps) on a road trip from Carteret in Normandy to Rouen in 1998 and CHM took pictures. I didn't yet have a digital camera. We went to Bayeux to see the famous tapestry there. Here's a photo of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux.
Walt and I have been to Normandy numerous times as well, including a good road trip in 1992 and another in 2005. We've also been to Rouen by train together several times, years ago, when we were staying a week or two on vacation in Paris. Rouen and Bayeux both have impressive cathedrals.
We have been watching La Tour in Lille and Rouen, interesting architecture in between the racing. Pats🚜
ReplyDeleteI've been too busy to watch the Tour this year.
DeleteI have been watching the tour, such beautiful villages.
ReplyDeleteDid you see that the Bayeux Tapestry's museum in Bayeux is closed for a major renovation project, until October 2027? During the renovation time, the tapestry is on display in the British Museum (for the first time in 1000 years, they said). All the years that I taught about it, I finally got to see it in 2017.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen the Bayeux though we studied about it in art history. I always enjoy hearing about your travels with chm.
ReplyDeleteKen, I miss reading the comments by CHM and the back and forth discussions between you two. I also remember a tear filled reading of the tributes you paid to him in your blog after his passing. Very sad. You were a very good friend to him. C.
ReplyDeleteThe Tour de France, preceded by the silly but necessary caravan of corporate sponsors, flew through our tiny village of Lonlay l'Abbaye today. The occasion was a great excuse for local food and drink vendors to spoil us with their offerings, and the Mairie paid for a huge tv screen so people could watch the étape from beginning to its end in Vire. Lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got to enjoy the Tour events there in Lonlay.
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