Headed to Normandy, Western Coast of France
Saturday, November 2, 1991
After a great breakfast we had to the Normandy area, Western Coast of France, to visit the U.S. Military cemetery at St. James, France. Approximately 4,000 are buried in this one from World War II - a beautiful memorial.
Farther toward the coast we go on lovely back roads. France being a very Catholic country, about every 5 miles on the side of the road we saw numerous crosses - sometimes with Christ on them and some very, very old. In the distance we see Mont St. Michel - a huge old, old monastery built on a tremendous mass of rock into the sea and high into the sky.
As we approach - it is just breathtaking! Again, so many pictures, we’re taking. It just stands out so beautifully. The tide comes in twice a day and surrounds it. Today the interior has 4 or 5 hotels - lots of shops, restaurants, an abbey, a cemetery - just a city in itself.
We drive up the coast to Cancale, France - a port city with seafood restaurants everywhere along the shoreline. Beautiful city. Back to the campground - cooked and ate before the rain came. Very hard rain in the night.