November 17 – Paris – Saturday – Today was supposed to be my first full day in Paris but one of my dorm mates woke me up while he was messing with his bag and I asked him what time it was. He told me 11:00. So I got up and got dressed, and went downstairs and drank my tea while thinking things over. I had been studying the Metro Map and took the #4 metro train to Chatlet les Halles. I came up out of the metro and wandered around a bit and stopped at a place selling pizza by the slice. It was nothing to brag about but it put something in the hole. After snacking I walked over to Notre Dame and checked out the outside of it. There was a pretty good ... read more

November 15 , Bayeux tapestry and the Museum of the battle of Normandy – I visited the Museum of the Battle of Normandy and the Bayeux tapestry. Both were impressive. I was awed a bit by the Bayeux tapestry. It was fascinating. I have booked a bed in the Smart Place Paris hostel next to the Gare du Nord station. So tomorrow morning I will head to Paris. I will take the train from Bayeux to Caen, then transfer to another train to Paris. It arrives at the Paris-St-Lazare station and I will have to take the RER or a bus to the Gare du Nord. From there I will have to walk over to the hostel. I’ve started out with 3 days in Paris and I will see how much more on Monday. 15 novembre ... read more

November 13 – Bayeux – I just didn’t want to give up on the day last night and stayed up late doing homework. A s a result by the time I got up and had my tea and thought things over, and did a little homework it was pushing 2PM……good Lord! So I quickly got dressed and walked over to the train/bus station here intending to have a look around and then catch that “bybus” into town. While waiting for the bybus I noticed that the buses were very infrequent in the afternoon and just decided rather than wait just walk into town. So I started walking and when I got to the roundabout I took the wrong road off to the right and ended up walking all the way to the Eisenhower Circle before I ... read more

November 11 – Caen – Having decided that I had “done Caen” on Friday evening I did pretty much today as I did yesterday. I just stayed in my room and did homework on various things. It was such a shame really as looking out the window I saw blue sky and realized it was a beautiful day. Still it was another odd day here. Although the weather was good there was no one walking the street below and it was as quiet as I have ever heard it anywhere. A really strange thing, kinda feels like I am in the twilight zone. It’s really one of the strangest thing I have ever experienced. Such quiet in such a large city. Maybe since it’s Armistice day that has something to do with it? Oh well….I guess ... read more

November 09 – Friday – Caen – I booked another 2 days here in Caen at the La Fontaine hotel. So I will be here through the weekend. It is supposed to be a bank holiday weekend and I have well learned not to travel on a bank holiday weekend. It is Armistice day. Through Booking.com, I got a very good rate at the Premiere Classe Bayeux in Bayeux for Monday thru Wednesday of next week. While in Bayeux I can check out the Bayeux Tapestry as well as the Battle of Normandy museum. If I have figured it out right I can also get to Omaha Beach and Arromanches using the # 70 and 74 buses out of Bayeux. The trick will be to make sure I don’t miss some little detail in their French ... read more