Stayed in Caen today, breakfast at the great coffee place, Keys and Co. Then some walking around and general exploration. After a salad for lunch, off on a ride on the free Navette and some other general exploration. Chateau was under construction and largely not explorable. Dinner at wonderful restaurant nearby that turned out to have only been open for a week. Squash soup followed by a pork belly dish. Well done!
France Explorations, and Camino Del Norte, Spain 
There was very heavy fighting around Caen after the Normandy invasion, and it is well worth it to visit the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, endless rows of white crosses in a beautiful setting above the sea. I first saw it as an 18 year old, and last year Maj and I went back as part of an “Invasion Beaches” tour out of Bayeux. We have sort of “completed the circle” of William the Conqueror’s exploits, starting with the Bayeux Tapestry, then walking the site of the Battle of Hastings, and yesterday exploring the fortress he built in London after his victory in 1066, the central structure in the Tower of London complex.
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