Well I made it to Rouen just fine as you all know. The ride up was nice rolling hills with wheat and corn. All the fields have scarecrows in them and the ones that didn039t had crows in them. Lots of little towns and villages about 5 or so km apart. They are all quaint with very old buildings and windy streets. Every one has a steeple. The farmers live right on the edge of town they ar

Posted: November 19th, 2008 under Upper Normandy.
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I arrived at the Rouen Gare late on Friday night around 1230 pm. Tony and Olivier met me at the train station they had just finished an evening Jam Session at Olivierrsquos place. They are forming a band and have started working on a few songsmdashincluding Green Dayrsquos lsquoGood Riddancersquo and a song by lsquoThe Callinghelliprsquo Olivier is one of the many guys on the

Posted: November 19th, 2008 under Upper Normandy.
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No bag no car.Al goes to Le Havre to try and get the car out of port.Mo and Lisa visit Canterbury Cathedral followed by Leeds Castle.Then a Skype call to Homayun in Paris to see if he has heard anything from Al. A very special thanks to Homayun and Christine for the phone and translation services they graciously provided us while in France.Homayun delivers the news that Al has the car and he is

Posted: November 19th, 2008 under Upper Normandy.
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No bag. British Airways up to 25000 bags lost. Finally we are all together and in the car. Off to Normandy France. The Memorial and grave site was very powerful. To stand there and try to understand and experience of these solders was pretty intense. So many have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of Northern Europe. We walked around the grounds took lots of photos and visited the bunkers on

Posted: November 19th, 2008 under Upper Normandy.
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No car no bag.Mo and LisaExplore the town of Le Harve in the wind and cold and rain.Find an Art Museum.See a few paintings and an ldquoart filmrdquo of some guy slitting his wrist in a bath tub.Mo and Lisa consider slitting their own wrists.It totally sucked we walked in the rain for about an hour looking for a place to sit down for a quick meal. Every place was closed we found one nice re

Posted: November 19th, 2008 under Upper Normandy.
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