Sun 13.Jun.2010
Bayeux, Normandy, France
No more day trip.
I have relocated from Caen to the 1950-esque Hotel de la Gare in Bayeux, and seen the famous Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde.
No photos of that. Google, and I'm sure you will come up with plenty.
On t'other hand, there is much more in Bayeux than a famous tapestry. An
actual town for starters. I could spend a full week here gladly, but I
am on a mission, in the footsteps of William the Soon-to-be Conqueror,
sailing to England. Anyway, let's look around this quite pleasant town.
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I don't know the name of this big-leafed bush that is abundant here.
The stalks are too thickly clustered to see between. If you could,
it looks like there might be humongous zucchini in there.
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If I am ever to see the inside of the cathedral, this day, Saturday,
is the time. Sunday it is in use, and Monday I am out of here.
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You wouldn't know it from the photos, but this cathedral is noticably
lighter inside than the average gothic church, because many windows,
including some large ones, are missing their stained glass. It gives
the stone and columns effect at least.
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A side chapel within the main building.
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Back outside.
Does anybody know the name of these flowers? They aren't pansies of
petunias, or carnations. The "blossoms" are actually clusters of
component blossoms.
Is this what begonias are? Is that a scarlet one?
People-watching at an outdoor cafe.
This woman seemed comic, with her intense body language and her hair
gooped into spikes so thick that you could see between them to
her scalp. Maybe you had to have the right kind of eyes to appreciate
the humor.
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This pretty little creek is actually the river Aude. I'd never have guessed if the
map hadn't shown it.
There are walking paths and and park-like areas all along its banks as
it crosses the town.
I followed the paths several km north toward the coast today. I saw
horses, kids, dogs, flora and fellow walkers, both native and tourist,
but not the ocean. Maņana.
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