Up and running early so Peter and I could catch the bus to Bayeux. It lies about thirty kilometers inland and we did not want to bike away from the coast. We spent the day exploring Bayeux, particularly seeing the famous ancient tapestry depicting the Norman conquest. It is about one meter wide and seventy meters long; made as a pictorial history for the masses who were illiterate. It dates back to just after the Norman conquest in 1066. It is not quite clear who exactly made it. Some say the ladies in waiting in English court others say the church/monastery in Bayeux, theories abound. The viewing of the tapestry was facilitated by a hand held recording device which gave a very detailed account of what each of the scenes represented. A must see if you are over this way.
After lunch and a beer, we hoofed out to the edge of town where the Normandy invasion museum
is located. Tanks are displayed outside and inside is a very extensive layout of every facet of the invasion. With so much to take in, our minds were pretty much on overload mode after two hours. We went back to town, had another brew and took the bus back to our camp site. After food shopping for tomorrow and pizza at a nearby restaurant, we packed it up for the day. Tomorrow our goal is to bike to Omaha beach, sixty miles. The weather will be perfect and the land reasonably flat.
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