Bayeux

Salut,

It’s only a few days since the last post, but we are off for a few days break so thought we would do a quick update before it becomes stale news.

We went to Bayeux last weekend to look at the famous tapestry – a 70 metre long piece that depicts the Norman invasion in the 11th century. Well, that will have to wait till next visit because there were too many other things going on and we ran out of time. We had no idea till we got there that this was happening…….

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It was amazing. Many of the locals were dressed up in medieval garb and there were markets selling arts and crafts with jewellery, dolls, sculptures, and pottery as well as stonemasons and street performers. As you can guess, we took so many photos it’s hard to pick the best ones.

 

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Walking on stilts over cobblestones is a broken neck waiting to happen
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Those boys in the background were not part of the act

 

Bayeux is a very pretty town and, although it was a lovely sunny day, it wasn’t the best it terms of lighting for good photos. But this is a sample

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In the Cathedral this family was soaking up the experience. Although, to be fair, 10 minutes later we were sitting staring at our phones too. Our excuse was that we were googling the history of the Cathedral and the crypt in English so that we knew what we were looking at.

 

And in other news, guess who made the finals of the World Cup???? The French won the semi final on Tuesday night (our time) and there was a big screen set up in the Town Square showing the game. We don’t know if this a French thing, but after the win apparently the thing to do is jump in your car with a bunch of mates and drive through town with one hand on the wheel and the other on the horn. The louder the horn the better. And if you hear other horns then you must try and drown them out. Very much like dogs barking and setting off every other dog in the street. This went on for hours.

Here’s a taste of what the Square was like just after the game.

So this coming weekend we have Bastille Day on Saturday (national day of partying) and then the World Cup final on Sunday. If France wins then I am sure you will hear the cheering from wherever you are.

Bientot

L & M