This morning we hung out at the garage in Caen while they fixed the most pressing issue - the coolant hose. When we left a couple of hours later, the engine light was still on, but they promised that it wasn't an urgent problem and that we could check it out later. (They didn't have time.) But what happened in the afternoon? The engine jumped and the car started running really bad. Panic!
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The Normandy coastline is littered with memorials to the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. One of them is Sainte-Mere-Eglise, where American paratroopers landed early in the morning. One of the paratroopers, John Steele, is particularly memorable because he got stuck in the village's church tower ...
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Today we spent the whole day at a car repair shop in Caen here in France. I attempted a few words and phrases in broken (and largely forgotten) school French and Peter reinforced it all with sign language. In the end, there was further conversation via Google Translate in the workshop's office... haha.
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We have not eaten in a restaurant once since we arrived in France. Mostly we shop at the Carrefour grocery store and eat in the motorhome. The general feeling is that the food is expensive, but the quality is high.
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At this time of year, there are almost no campsites open in northern France. Luckily, there are plenty of great pitches in France! For those who don't have a motorhome: a pitch is a place where you can stay overnight in a motorhome, sometimes with services such as rubbish collection, water and electricity.
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It is one thing to read about the Normandy landings in France, and another thing to travel to the place where it all happened. To come to Normandy is to make a journey through history. On 6 June 1944, the great landing in Normandy, France, took place as the Allies launched Operation Overlord. We visited Arromanches and were touched by history.
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Honfleur in France is not far from Le Havre in Normandy, and the road to Honfleur runs along the beautiful Cote d'Alabatre, or Alabaster Coast. This coast is dominated by the white limestone cliffs that have given the coast its name. Honfleur is a medieval town with a charming fishing harbour, where you can buy seafood or sit with the French in a café.
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Now we have found a pitch in Veulettes-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast. The cliffs are dramatic and the wind is so strong that the motorhome door flies open when you open it. The sea is spraying fradga and a lone kite surfer is enjoying himself at high speed on the waves.
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We have now driven from Gothenburg to France. Night-black motorways through Denmark, windy sea between Rödby - Puttgarden and mile after mile together with all the trucks through Germany. Then some confusing roundabouts through Holland, driving on freshly lit motorways through Belgium and then into France, where we now drive among villages and cows in the countryside.
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When we were in the Philippines last winter, we got to know the super nice couple Anders and Anita. We got acquainted at the airport in Manila and went on a snowmobile trip together on the island of Mindoro. Now it was time to meet them on their home turf in Gothenburg!
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