Day 10 (for sure)
We taxi to Hertz to rent a car. An Opel Zafira! Sweet. Drive North to coastal town of Etretat, along the Alabaster coast for the white cliffs. Again, foggy day. Pretty town, small. Pretty beach of stones. Rock collecting! Gina wades in water but rocks hurt feet and it's 'cold'. Shellie's shoes gets soaked from rogue wave. Old german WWII bunker. Gina tries to pet sea gull. Big tide here (>20') and it's low tide. Amazing how high it comes up! Continue North to town of Fecamp, another pretty coastal town. Again, tide out and is way low. Hike out to end of marina.
We make our way to freeway, navigating all the round-a-bouts to get there. Lots of countryside. and cows that need milking! Long drive to Caen then Bayeau to Normandy coast with lots of tolls and large futureistic suspension bridge. Pretty drive. Gina and Shellie snoozing. Kevin stops us at Arromanches, where the Allies brought all the gear ashore after D Day. Pretty town. Left overs from artifical bay the Allies created. French public toilets the pits Gina sez. A hole with 2 footprints on each side. Women hold out for a proper toilet! Cool old houses along beach.
Drive back along coastline past beaches of Juno and Gold thru towns named Luc Sur Mer and such. Getting lost in some of the small towns, but always manage to find to old church in the middle somehow! Taxi drivers in France don't seem to speak to us. Hal and Pat from dinner went to Paris and said the taxi drivers there won't even pick up Americans.
Italian violinst for evening entertainment. Very good. Solarium pool to ourselves!
Our rating: Kevin 9.5 (Hey, I got to drive and it's lovely exploring foreign countries) Gina 9
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