Cemetery in Caen

In Caen in the local cemetery there were a few impressive graves and tombs. Not nearly as many as in the large cemeteries in Paris such as Père Lachaise or Montparnasse of course, but since I didn't have much else to do in the evening I still thought it was worth a visit.

Normandy part I - Mont Saint-Michel and a few other places

August 31st 2013
I didn't see any Vikings in Normandy In the Wikipedia article on Normandy I found the following passage: "The fiefdom of Normandy was created for the Norwegian Viking leader Hrolf Ragnvaldsson". When I traveled around in various parts of Normandy for a few days I didn't see any trace of any Vikings. But I did see a lot of other interesting things and I will tell you about some of those ... read more

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