M and K Go To Normandy

Well we made it back from our big adventure around France! We renteded our car at Charles Degualle airport and it took us for every to find Hertz at the airport. The French do not believe in having clearly marked signs anywhere!! Once we got the car we had to wait till they could find one with GPS and we ended up getting upgraded to a Mercedes (best part was it was an automatic) with GPS. We plugged in our location (Mont Saint Michel) and off we drove. We got there by the afternoon (3.5 hr drive) and had time to walk around the town, cathedral and even out in the tidal basin around the Mont. This place is hard to describe in words, but is truly a world wonder. We sepnt the night in a little hotel (built in 1888) in the village and had a nice dinner. K ordered one of their famous omletes (they only serve them for lunch and dinner) for dessert. These omelets are made with six eggs and cooked over an wood fire.

We then woke up early the next day and drove to the Normandy Coast. I avoided the highways and drove back country roads to see the small French Towns. This was really cool, but seeing D-day was hard to describe. It was an great day and we went to all the main parts of D-day. We then drove back to Paris and decided to return the car to the train station in paris to avoid the huge airport. This was a huge feat since I now had to navigate Paris traffic and almost had to circle the Arc de Triumph (12 lane of traffic going around a circle).

K did great during the trip. We drove 900km over two days and K slept for 880km of the trip. I would wake her up for the cool sights.

MA