Saturday was a fabulous tour of D Day Battle sites.

This first photo is the entrance to La Rapiere Restaurant which was superb. 

 However, we started Saturday morning with Renee from D-Day Battle Tours picking us up at or hotel in Bayeux and driving about 30 minutes to St.  Mare Eglise for the start of an absolutely fantastic private tour of the important locations in the Normandy battle.  All I can say is, wow, what a sacrifice and dedication those thousands of American boys had.  It makes you proud and puts a lot into perspective. Renee is the owner of the #1 rated tour company and is a walking encyclopedia of D Day history.  Of course it starts in St Mare Eglise because that is where the paratroopers landed in the middle of the night before the men hit the beaches. You may or may not be surprised to know that the French in this area are almost most patriotic about America than many Americans. 

We then we on to Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Point du Noc and the the huge D Day cemetery's which is amazing.  Nothing in the whole 8hour tour was like what I expected....so much better.

Our last night in Bayeux we lucked out with reservations at the top rated French restaurant in the town. It was not a disappointment, for sure.  I started with roasted red pepper and chorizo strips soup, then truffle risotto and shrimp, an apple sorbet topped with Calvados palate cleanser, roasted sea bass,  followed by a selection of cheeses and finally the most unusual and delicious lemon piemeringue pie ever. 

I am typing this from our room in Paris--- a classic old hotel --- while getting ready to take Uber to Notre Dame to experience the mass and then find a good place for dinner. I am always a day behind in reporting to you because of the process of transferring photos from my iPhone to my iPad and then to Picasa and finally to this blog....all while trying to use as much free WiFi as possible...and some times there is not so I just use data and my phone as a hot spot...for you techies. I have taken over 150  photos so far so am hoping for a good shop when we are home again.   Cheers for now, Bob.