July 16, Arromanches-les-Bains, D Day Beaches and Rouen Today we are visiting the D Day sights but first we went into the city of Bayeux for a little McDonald's breakfast and some gas. I figured we would go to the German D Day cemetery at La Cambe first because it was the furthest west. Until 1947 it was actually an American cemetery then the remains were exhumed and returned to the USA. It has been a German cemetery since 1948 and contains over 21,000 grave...

July 15, Paris to Mont St Michel and Arromanches-les-Bains (D-Day Beaches) Well it was now time to say goodbye to Paris. We set off across the city on the metro to the Arc du Triomphe where we had to transfer to a different line and catch another train. When we arrived at the entrance we found a sign saying the line was closed so we had to walk the rest of the way. Luckily it was only a couple of blocks. We picked up the rental car which has a manu...

July 14, Paris Today is Bastille Day in France, their National Holiday like our Canada Day, and finally the weather is partly sunny. Yay! The Bastille was a fortress started in 1357 to protect against English invaders in The Hundred Years War and for most of its history was used as a prison by the Kings of France. Back on July 14 1789, the French revolutionists had gathered munitions and gunpowder from around the city and marched to the fortress. They succ...

July 13, Paris We awoke this morning and headed down to floor minus 2 for breakfast. I guess floor minus 1 is like a basement and floor minus two is like a cellar. It is actually quite neat. I'll take a photo. We ate and then headed out to the St Michel fountain to meet for our walking tour. Oh, and it wasn't raining, it was now drizzle . At 11:15 we set off on the tour with the first stop the Notre Dame Cathedral. It was started in 1163 and took 107 years ...

July 12, Welsh Bicknor to Oxford, London, and Paris We woke up this morning, got packed, had our showers and went down for our English breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans, cereal and juice. We skipped the tomatoes. Afterwards we were on our way back to Oxford. The drive went well, we didn't get lost, went through what seemed like hundreds more traffic circles, and the motorways were congested and slow in several places. When we got back to...