Rouen / Caen

Bonjour!!

We visited Rouen yesterday mainly to see the Jeanne d`Arc sights. It was a little disappointing... people in Rouen aren`t as excited about her as us North American folks are I guess. But we managed to see the place where she was imprisoned, as well as her burn site. Then we ditched town and headed to Caen.

Caen has been our home for two nights. Today we saw Juno beach (originally named Jelly beach but the soldiers thought that was chessy so they changed it). Juno beach is the site where the Canadian troops landed when they came to France in WWII. The museum there was quite impressive, and it was cool to stand in the very spot that Canadians fought in 1944. There are still German bunkers right on the beach!!

Tomorrow we are headed to Omaha beach - I think that is the one that the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is about. Looking forward to seeing some more history and some awesome scenery. And then soon we will be checking out Mont St Michel.

Bon Nuit.