No I have not posted blogs these last few days. After leaving York we arrived at Faye and Robin's in Over Wallop in Hampshire and I just didn't think you needed to hear of or see photos of us eating and drinking in pubs with their friends, eating and drinking in pubs with their daughter, or eating and drinking in their kitchen. These were our most 'typical' weather days with occasional periods of rain amidst occasional periods of sun, but we did get out for some strolls and some antique shopping, And on our last morning there (Friday) we even took Hepzibah, their precious, little, miniature Dachsund for a stroll around the top of a nearby ancient hill fort.
Not the best photo of the three of us but the best of little Hepzi.
After one final fabulous lunch (this time homemade) we were off to the train station to head into London for an overnight. We didn't get settled into our hotel until about 5P when Michael decided he wanted to go to see a show. A billboard in the train station was advertising '42nd Street' playing at the Royal Drury Lane Theatre. We saw "Miss Saigon" there probably, gulp, 20 years ago so...what the hell. We caught an Uber (yes Uber) on over and bought last minute tickets for 20GB a piece. Michael had to climb an awful lot of stairs to get to the seats, but it was fun nonetheless. (I live in utter amazement that people can tap dance)
Today we were up early and off to London Southend Airport for a Flybe airlines flight to Caen. Then a bus to the train station to pick up a rental car. (Who would suspect that the rental car counters at an airport would be CLOSED on a Saturday?).Then a drive in a left hand drive car on the right side of the road!!!! woo hoo to the beaches of Normandy. (that's when I snapped the previous photo of the sky through the windshield.)
En route we were going to pass through Bayeux. Would have just blown right through except that Faye had mentioned the Bayeux tapestry to us so again we thought, what the hell and stopped. And we are so glad we did. It is an amazing pictorial history of the Norman Invasion of England by William the Conqueror. It was first mentioned in a written reference in 1476 but is believed to have been commissioned and completed around 1077 making the 20inch tall 230ft long tapestry nearly 1000 years old. I wish I could show you pictures but visitors can't take any. So I will just give you a link: http://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/la_tapisserie_de_bayeux_en.html Check it out.
Then as an added, extra plus....we saw Notre-Dam de Bayeux. What a stunning cathedral...and I say this having seen a lot of stunning cathedrals in my days. This one is just full of arches. Everywhere you look, down low, up high, one inside of another, they are everywhere with different shapes and decorations. Just lovely.
The outside isn't bad either. (And not a bit of photo-shopping at all.)
Right now we are fed and resting up in our hotel room in anticipation of a somber day tomorrow touring D-Day museums and the American Cemetery here in Normandy.
Meanwhile, we had a good laugh. I found the card with the hotel's wifi password on it and instructed Michael that it was sapo maha. Sapo Maha, he said? I said, yeah. He responded, Any chance that is Sap Omaha since we are here at Hotel le Sapiniere on Omaha Beach? I know it isn't going to seem that humorous in writing so you will just have to trust me. It was hysterical! I cannot honestly remember the last time I laughed so hard that I cried. Good to get that out before tomorrow.
Sapo Maha!
Ha ha ha ha!
See, there I go again.
After one final fabulous lunch (this time homemade) we were off to the train station to head into London for an overnight. We didn't get settled into our hotel until about 5P when Michael decided he wanted to go to see a show. A billboard in the train station was advertising '42nd Street' playing at the Royal Drury Lane Theatre. We saw "Miss Saigon" there probably, gulp, 20 years ago so...what the hell. We caught an Uber (yes Uber) on over and bought last minute tickets for 20GB a piece. Michael had to climb an awful lot of stairs to get to the seats, but it was fun nonetheless. (I live in utter amazement that people can tap dance)
Today we were up early and off to London Southend Airport for a Flybe airlines flight to Caen. Then a bus to the train station to pick up a rental car. (Who would suspect that the rental car counters at an airport would be CLOSED on a Saturday?).Then a drive in a left hand drive car on the right side of the road!!!! woo hoo to the beaches of Normandy. (that's when I snapped the previous photo of the sky through the windshield.)
En route we were going to pass through Bayeux. Would have just blown right through except that Faye had mentioned the Bayeux tapestry to us so again we thought, what the hell and stopped. And we are so glad we did. It is an amazing pictorial history of the Norman Invasion of England by William the Conqueror. It was first mentioned in a written reference in 1476 but is believed to have been commissioned and completed around 1077 making the 20inch tall 230ft long tapestry nearly 1000 years old. I wish I could show you pictures but visitors can't take any. So I will just give you a link: http://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/la_tapisserie_de_bayeux_en.html Check it out.
Then as an added, extra plus....we saw Notre-Dam de Bayeux. What a stunning cathedral...and I say this having seen a lot of stunning cathedrals in my days. This one is just full of arches. Everywhere you look, down low, up high, one inside of another, they are everywhere with different shapes and decorations. Just lovely.
Meanwhile, we had a good laugh. I found the card with the hotel's wifi password on it and instructed Michael that it was sapo maha. Sapo Maha, he said? I said, yeah. He responded, Any chance that is Sap Omaha since we are here at Hotel le Sapiniere on Omaha Beach? I know it isn't going to seem that humorous in writing so you will just have to trust me. It was hysterical! I cannot honestly remember the last time I laughed so hard that I cried. Good to get that out before tomorrow.
Sapo Maha!
Ha ha ha ha!
See, there I go again.
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