Since I knocked of Mont St. Michel a day earlier than planned, I had a free half-day. I had read a little bit about Cancale, and the French woman I sat next to on the train to Caen recommended it, along with St. Malo and Dinard. Over breakfast the owner of the B&B also recommended Cancale and St. Malo, which were less than 45 minutes away, so I decided to go. About half way to Cancale, I hit the beach, and the rest of the drive went along the coast. I don...

I packed up and left Paris on a noon train to Caen. On the train I sat next to a very nice French woman with perfect English. When she was in her early 20's she lived in London for a year to better her English, so she was French with a British accent. She was a retired flight attendant, and great company. Sitting across the aisle were a couple from New Mexico, who were on a 6 week trip that includes Belgium, London and France. The man said he met 5 women fro...

Happy Ascension Thursday….a national holiday in France. Churches and many businesses are closed…and one Resistance museum. Oh well; I'll catch it next trip. I started the day visiting one last church, St. Severin. Another oldie, this one in the Latin Quarter. Not much else to say… you can see the pictures. After that, I did something really geeky. Paris is known for its outdoor markets, and while this is often a produce market or maybe a flower marke...

I've spend the entire evening trying to figure out why I can't load pictures to this site anymore. I think it has to do with Java, but I've maxed out my minimal technical skills. It is 11:40pm, and I am too annoyed to write now. More tomorrow.

I went back into tourist mode today, focusing on some churches I had wanted to see last time but ran out of town. First, I went to the Deportation Memorial, which honors French citizens who were deported to concentration camps during WWII. It is a small memorial, but touching. Most interesting to me was a list of badges that concentration camp victims wore to identify why they were encamped. I think most of us know the primary group were the Jews, but other gr...