Normandy

We have spent an amazing week together here in Normandy. The first couple days were hot, but then the cooler winds blew through to make space for some fires in the fireplace. Last Sunday, on the drive over, we met my parents, Claire, and Matt in Rouen. One of our favorite French cities. We had a great lunch next to the abbey church and took the cathedral tour through town to celebrate Easter. After another couple hours of driving, we made it to our beautiful home for the week. A traditional Normandy farmhouse.

My parents bags still hadn’t arrived, so on Monday, to our surprise, we found a store that was open to buy some clothes. Even managed a bit of grocery shopping - one of our favorite things to do in France. After that we went to a park by the ocean in Cherbourg full of old Nazi bunkers.

On Tuesday Amelie and Grandma were pretty wiped out, so they stayed home while the rest of us took in some sights from WW2. The weather was warm, so Abigail had a lot of fun finding seashells at Utah beach.

On Wednesday we did a bit more shopping and took things easy. Thursday we went to the other peninsula and saw the ocean. Huge surf and a lot of wind. Quite the contrast with the warm and glassy Utah beach. We had an amazing lunch with a great view of the Atlantic.

On Friday Naomi and I relaxed at the house with the girls while the others went to Mount Saint Michelle. Probably spelled that wrong, but it is the real world version of the city of Gondor from Lord of the Rings. Impressive place. On Saturday we had another nice lunch in Carentan and got Claire and Matt sent off to Paris. Today we are heading to our next house near Tours.