Been There Done That - Day 2
DAY 2 (part I)
Even though we were right on the Grande Rue, we fell asleep pretty easy. Lots of anxious dreams regarding whether the alarm clock was on or not and Phil's nighmare about having a conference call, mean we aren't yet quite switched off. Phil discovered mobile phones turn themselves on for the alarm clock even though they are turned off (he wouldn't believe me but voilá, the wonders of technology), and he also discovered that the Euro bank notes are not decorated with a puffer fish in the north west section of the map (yes, that's Iceland...).
So wake up for our second day of holidays. We were the first ones for brekkie in a bakery right opposite our window. We sat indoors to avoid the rain and were besieged by cheeky sparrows that would come and wait patiently for us to finish off our toast to jump at the crumbs. They are all over the place, used to entering shops and restaurants alike, perched in groups on the walls, pecking for bugs.
Once us and the sparrows were fed, we queued under the rain for half an hour to enter the Abbey. Nothing compared with the amount of time other people had to wait for later on.
The inside of the Mont's Abbey was as amazing as we expected it. Entrance €8.50 each plus audio guides for €6 - this forced us to stop and look at things.
The day was overcast so the view of the bay was somehow even more striking with the patches of sun and cloud covering everything in dull or bright light.
I took quite a number of photos so we may have to "cleanse" the camera card later on in the trip. We also saw the tide go up, slowly covering sand islands and creating whirpools.
We left the Mont before the throngs of tourists blocked the Grande Rue again and are now driving through the - grey and rainy - countryside laughing at the very lazy cows which seem to always be having a siesta under trees or in the corners of fields. They surely must be on strike, á la francaise. Lots of Calvados farms and rooms / zimmer ads, but pretty views despite the stench of manure - one of the downsides of open-top driving is that you get the smells in stereo...
Even though we were right on the Grande Rue, we fell asleep pretty easy. Lots of anxious dreams regarding whether the alarm clock was on or not and Phil's nighmare about having a conference call, mean we aren't yet quite switched off. Phil discovered mobile phones turn themselves on for the alarm clock even though they are turned off (he wouldn't believe me but voilá, the wonders of technology), and he also discovered that the Euro bank notes are not decorated with a puffer fish in the north west section of the map (yes, that's Iceland...).
So wake up for our second day of holidays. We were the first ones for brekkie in a bakery right opposite our window. We sat indoors to avoid the rain and were besieged by cheeky sparrows that would come and wait patiently for us to finish off our toast to jump at the crumbs. They are all over the place, used to entering shops and restaurants alike, perched in groups on the walls, pecking for bugs.
Once us and the sparrows were fed, we queued under the rain for half an hour to enter the Abbey. Nothing compared with the amount of time other people had to wait for later on.
The inside of the Mont's Abbey was as amazing as we expected it. Entrance €8.50 each plus audio guides for €6 - this forced us to stop and look at things.
The day was overcast so the view of the bay was somehow even more striking with the patches of sun and cloud covering everything in dull or bright light.
I took quite a number of photos so we may have to "cleanse" the camera card later on in the trip. We also saw the tide go up, slowly covering sand islands and creating whirpools.
We left the Mont before the throngs of tourists blocked the Grande Rue again and are now driving through the - grey and rainy - countryside laughing at the very lazy cows which seem to always be having a siesta under trees or in the corners of fields. They surely must be on strike, á la francaise. Lots of Calvados farms and rooms / zimmer ads, but pretty views despite the stench of manure - one of the downsides of open-top driving is that you get the smells in stereo...
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