Sunday 7/25

Paddle wheel outside our B&B (top) Bayeux Cathedral (bottom)

We started another day with a lovely breakfast and were joined by a nice young couple from Vienna, Austria. Then off in a slight drizzling rain to visit the German bunkers at Longues sur Mer. These bunkers were still intact as were their guns. We saw how thick the concrete was with most walls about a meter thick with steel reinforced concrete.

After leaving this site we traveled east to Arromanches. There we toured the museum which explained through diaramas, films and displays how the British built a harbor and transported supplies and munitions to the troops who had taken the beaches. There was a downtown market going on which we walked through. We didn't buy anything there, but have some reading to do from the books we bought at the various museums.
We came back to Bayeux and lunched on healthy desserts (Jackie-chocolate crepe, Janyce-chocolate, banana crepe, John-banana split, Bob-salad?) at l'Insolite. Then we walked over to view the 1,000 year old tapestry of Bayeux, which told the story of William the Conqueror (going from a bastard child to William the Conqueror). This tapestry had to be repaired after the French Revolution when the people tore it apart.
Back to our lovely B&B for a nap (or to read) to the sounds of the stream outside the window and the baahhing of the sheep. After refreshing, we went back to Bayeux for a wonderful 2 1/2 hour dinner at Le Pommier. Pictures were taken of all courses.