On Sunday 28th September, I spent the day in the French City called 'Caen'. The main reason I haven't actually written this until now is because I tend to do these using photos as a reminder of what I did, meaning I have to go through them, discard the blurred/hand/floor photos, pick and choose the good ones, and rotate about a third or more before I can even think about writing.
During my trip to Caen, I somehow managed to take 442 photos, so naturally it's taken me a while to get around to going through them. I've got it down to 180...
Anyway, here's a selection of the photos!
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| Cherbourg Train Station |
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| A tower in Caen City Centre |
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There's a big market in Caen on Sunday mornings.
I arrived just before the end of it. |
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| Flower Market |
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A French/British Restaurant, called 'Dolly's too'.
The Menu was in both French and English. |
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Fish and Chips!! First one I've found in France.
Rather more Salad/Coleslaw than a traditional British Fish & Chips,
but I'll let it slide this time. |
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| Caen Castle from the outside |
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Caen Castle from the inside - more of a fort than a castle
(probably was bombed in the war or something) |
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| View of the Cathedral and city from Caen Castle |
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| Caen Castle and some beautiful blue skies |
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| The Cathedral through the Castle gates |
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| I think this was a museum - there were two here |
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| The other Museum/Library |
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| Very strange sculptures - Mythical creatures made from metal on wooden posts... |
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| The Statues from behind |
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| Gate with steps leading downwards... |
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| Caen Cathedral |
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A very old building (16th Century) on one of the high streets.
The Americans were amazed - American history isn't very old
so they're probably lucky to find anything from the 18th Century in the USA. |
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| Plaque on the very old building |
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| Little Café (Le 101) where we stopped for an afternoon snack. |
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| Very tasty Chocolate Fondant Cake. Yum! |
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I feel like all my visits to foreign cities are dictated by the need to find toilets.
We finally found some free toilets - they looked quite nice on the outside... |
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| Or not... |
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BRISTOL!
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| More Toilets. This time in Subway, and much much nicer! |
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A Memorial with a golden angel statue on top.
Looked very pretty with the oncoming sunset. |
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| Another large church |
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| A World War II Memorial Plaque with Fresh Flowers. |
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| "Here lies the ashes gathered from the Nazi Camps" |
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