Bayeux Travel Blogs

Took the train to Bayeux yesterday, it is the closest town to the American D-Day Cemetery.  I walked in the pouring rain from the train station to the center of town to try to find a place to stay.  Found a nice looking B&B and the guy showed me a room.  I made the mistake o…

Today started out fairly mellow, I slept in, had a nice breakfast at the hotel, and helped the owner fix his wireless internet (for very selfish reasons). It stopped working last night, and it took me a little while to convince him that I wasn’t going to blow it up.  :-)I had a light lunch i…

Bayeux is a major tourist attraction, best known to British and French visitors for the Bayeux tapestry, made to commemorate events in the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The tapestry was made by Reine Mathilde, wife of William the Conqueror, and may have been woven in England. It is displayed …

Apparently we forgot to shut off the lights on our beautiful silver Mercedes and the battery is now dead.  Mom, Dad and Martha are waiting for the Hertz mechanic to show up ... I decided to take the opportunity to blog a bit (as waiting in parking lot with nervous parents would cause me to bre…

Today we took a train out to Normandy.  It is about an hour and a half ride from Paris.  When we got there we found out that the buses to the American Cemetary and Omaha beach run every 2 hours on Sunday, and the last one had just left.  So we made friends with a few other Americans …

On the road from Amiens, after visiting the cathedral which is the largest in France. Surprised anything remains though after seeing some 1944 photos of the area. The church itself is very impressive!! Worth the visit even if you dont believe in Jebus. Tried to visit the old fort in Caen but all t…

Our 9 day spring vacation! Started off in Paris, ended beautifully in Nice. Day 1: Got into Paris & went to Eiffel Tower Day 2: Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Picasso Museum Day 3: Quick trip to Bayeux/Normandy Day 4: Rented a car & drove from Paris to Nice, stopping by Lyon on the way Day 5,6,7: From Nice, we visited Monaco/Monte Carlo, Menton, Milan, Cannes & St. Tropez Day 8: Returned our rental car & shopped around Nice. Day 9: Flew back to San Francisco Airport

As Bayeaux is quite close we want to go and look at the famous tapestry.  I remember the date of the Battle of Hastings-1066 and know that it has something to do with this.  The tapestry is amazing and we use the headphones for the tour which gives us a version in English.  We are to…

Mt. Saint Michel. I had been looking forward to this day ever since the Metz program had started. Unfortunately, the day didn’t start as planned.I woke up yet again with a stomach ache, no appetite, and a lack of energy. I managed to stomach a croissant, take a shower, and get on the bus for the …

Today was our full day D Day Landing Tour just outside of Bayeux. We booked with Battlebus Tours and had a guide named Dale, who's a British Ex pat and a very entertaining guide. We stopped at a bunch of memorials that were erected and are maintained by the local communities that were liberated by …

Bayeux, now this is the real Normandy! Walking from the train station I was amazed by the amount of men walking around in their army uniforms. It was not for quite a few minutes that I realised why there were so many war veterans...it was of course the 60th Anniversary of D-Day! Anyone who knows …

Bayeux is known for two things" it's tapestry and the "D-day". Most people come to here to visit the battlefield beaches of Normandy, but if you decide to spend a few hours in town you will find to amazing thigs. First of all the cathedral, which is very peculiar. This church was built on a slope, …

The day started a little too early.  After dinner last night (a lovely little Fondue place just steps from the hotel), Martha and I headed to Montparnasse neighborhood to see the Moulin Rouge.  We got there just as the crowds were headed in for the 11pm show.  We found a cafe across …

So I went to Bayeux, France in 2005 and we stayed in a hotel there, then went on a Normady tour. It was very touching and life changing!!

Sept. 18, 2007:  Day 2 – Bayeux and Nathalie               Justin and I had no idea what kind of hostel we were staying at in Bayeux that night.  As we walked from the train station (the fare was free for me due to my Eurail …