Sunday, July 14, 2024 Happy Bastille Day! I guess we missed some fine fireworks last night. The group picture of the seven of our group that stuck it out and watched made me totally jealous. Oh, well – I wouldn’t have gotten anything written and that would have disappointed me. Keith noticed our friend, Kevin, […]
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 We would have liked to stay longer in Vitré – it seemed like a really nice town – but we were on our way. We stopped after 90 minutes at a convenient rest area. I found it hilarious that everyone said they didn’t need a snack or anything to eat/drink, yet
Friday, July 12, 2024 We checked out of our tiny room in Bayeux and headed again into the French countryside. Oh, wait. Before that we were eating the submarine shaped dealies at breakfast and turned one over. It looked like a shell! Apparently, they are madeleines! Madeleines are delicious. We just bought a little bag
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 We have told over and over that our bus is really full (and we should have packed light) and blah blah blah. On the first day, the two hour ride to Giverny and the 3 hour ride to Bayeux saw three large men and two regular sized women share the back
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July 10, 2024 The brilliance of a European breakfast buffet cannot be overstated. Everything is yummy and mostly everything is some kind of bread. I focused on little cakes (?) that looked vaguely like submarines today, but I didn’t let the chocolate croissants go untried. The crepes were delicious with no topping at all. The
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024 I cleverly did not sleep last night. At all. What? I know. We went to bed at midnight, because the sun was up so late it was fooling us. Keith fell immediately asleep. I didn’t. I even had taken a melatonin pill to help me sleep. I was just awake. I
Monday, July 8, 2024 We checked out and went to Nando’s again. Recognize it? We ordered exactly the same things as yesterday, even though we carefully studied the menu for possible changes. Why ruin a good thing? There are a gazillion restaurants, but we decided Nando’s is a London thing for us, so we had
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 We had a very slow start today. My imaginary recovery from jet lag was sadly false and I didn’t get to sleep until 5am, which was bedtime at home. So, we rolled out of here after noon and headed to Nando’s Peri Peri chicken restaurant. Our friend from Scotland recommended it
Saturday, July 6, 2024 We slept great last night, which might be a first for the first night after jet lag. Yay. We slept in as a matter of fact. Yay. We saw my choice for a show first, at 2:30, at the Criterion Theater. The Criterion is underground. Huh. You go in on street
Friday, July 5, 2024 On the plane they had lots of Olympic movies, which I thought was cute. I chose Miracle over Cool Runnings, Eddie the Eagle, or I, Tonya. I had never seen it. Of course, I know the story, but I fist pumped when Team USA scored against the Soviets. I was going