Okay two weeks to catch up on...

Okay... now Normandy... first of all we went to Honfleur, it was very pretty, then we were SUPPOSED to visit Monet's garden in Giverny, but someone had done some great research, and it was closed, which sucked coz i was really pumped about seeing it and i wanted to by my mum a present from there okay then onto trouville which was cool, pretty similar to Honfleur, but cool all the same. We slept in Honfleur, the hotel was...ah... not the best quality but we had a nice traditonzl meal of pizza... ive eaten alot of Italian while ive been in france. Okay next day we went to a fromagerie and a cidrerie, they were cool, but i dont like cider, pity coz it was dirt cheap 3 euros a bottle, a BIG bottle. Then we went to the Museum in Caen, on world war two, it was very well done, but very sad. We then went to Omoha beach, which was very moving, and yet again very sad. We then visited le Point du Hoc, I'm not sure how to translate that, which was covered with craters, and bunkers. We then went on to Granville where we slept. The next day we visited the Mont st Michel, which involved lots of stairs, and lots of freezing toes. The guide had a funny accent and talked way too fast so I couldn't understand any of what she said. We returned to Granville, where we walked by the sea and through the old part of the town, and ended up getting lost and just going back to the hotel and doing our washing. Slept in Granville again. Okay that takes us to Saturday, and Loche... hmm... if you dont have anything nice to day dont say anything at all.... no thats not entirely true, it did have a nice cathedrale and a nice little castle with alot of history behind it. Sunday we went back to Versailles but stopped by the Chateau de Chambord, which was cool, but once you've seen the chateau de Versailles, nothing is really spectacular.

Okay that takes us to Alsace, I loved Alsace, not as much as versailles, but it really grew on me. The food is a mix between German and French, which is cool, the costumes, with these awesome massive hats!!! I got to see some Alsacian dancers, in authentic costumes, dancing authentic Alsacion dances. It was awesome. In Alsace I stayed in Obernai with my billets, and got to see Strasbourg, Colmar, Riquewihr, Ribeauville and a couple of the other smaller towns which ill have to try and find out the names of. I also saw the Chateau de Hauts-Koenigsbourg and the Mont St Odile, which was very nice, espeically the chapel of tears and the chapel of angels. Saw some other churches, which i also forget the names of, one which was the only example of Austrian Baroque in France, or so the sign said, it was very grand, and very pretty. I think there must be more churches than people in France, because everywhere you turn theres a church or a chapel of some sort. Back in Versailles now, the weather has been interesting fot an Australian, theres some sort of water thing falling out of the sky, something we dont have in australia, well not enough.