It was the wee hours of the morning, and I had yet to drop off to sleep. It was nigh-on five in the morning and I was still up and functioning. Editing my blog to be precise. You see, the thing is, I found this really nifty new theme called K2. It’s the spiritual successor to wordpress’ default theme, Kubric, and it’s awesome.
As you can no doubt see, my blog now looks clean and fresh, and I can’t wait to break it in with a few well-written, engaging posts by yours truly. You’ll notice there is now a live search feature, where you can start typing into the search box and the posts being displayed automatically change depending on your criteria.
I’ve also managed to integrate both my flickr and twitter accounts, so you can grab the latest updates and latest photos from myself, and peruse them at your pleasure. This means when I eventually get out on the road, you’ll be able to take a quick geez at my latest tweet and latest photos to see the very latest things I’ve been up to.
Right now I’m just perfect different plugins and things like that, and updating the pages of my site to make them more thorough and interesting. Coming up on my list of things to do now, is making some maps of my intended itinerary…
We went and visited Bayeux - of tapestry fame. We parked and toddled of to the Office Dé Tourisme (Tourism Office) for directions to see the famed tapestry. When we got there we paid a little extra for the audio guide and heading on in.
First we were treated to a replica…awesome. Then went to a little cinema for a presentation, before finally getting to go see the proper (original) tapestry.
We then had a little look around Bayeux before heading back to the camp ground where we had our first Barbecue of the trip. Nice. We later played a game of Boules with some french-speaking fellow campers who were driving around in old WWII vehicles, before heading off to bed.
We started the morning with another lovely French breakfast, but within half an hour we were in the car heading off on our first “excursion”. Thank god for some actual travel - maybe even some adventure!
Our first stop was at the top of the cliff at Arromanches. There was a bit of historical World War II artifacts and things that would likely arouse the attention of history buffs, but It wasn’t all too interesting. I specifically remember an old rusty canon being the most interesting thing on the whole cliff-top area. We also checked out some nice views of Mulberry bay (of which we took many photos).
The view of Mulberry Bay from Arromanches.
We then went to Tracy-Sur-Mer and had a bit of fun on the beach, before then heading to Courseulles-Sur-Mer where we grabbed some lunch. Rhys and I had some frites (chips) and crépes, my parents had some local Muscles - Rhys braved a muscle, but I didn’t want any. I’m sure they were lovely though.
We then went to our final destination of the day, the US War Memorial at Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes.
The US War Memorial at Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes, Normandy, France.
More than 9,000 people are buried here. It’s a very sombre place, and we didn’t speak much. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, but now looking back it feels a lot more important. Very moving.
By now it was at least four in the afternoon, so we bee-lined it back to the camp ground at Arromanches where we relaxed, ate dinner and read a little bit before drifting off for the night.
This video is simply awesome. Just watch it. A little corny at times, but what the heck.
