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Day 1:- Traveling |
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| We set off on the 23rd of August at 6 in the morning. After a 3 hour drive to Dover we got on the ferry for a 1 ½ hour boat trip. We arrived in France & drove until about 8:00pm French time, at which time we arrived at Le Petit Celland (the village about 500 yards from where we were staying). We got in, had some Pizzas I had made the previous day, & went to bed. |
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Day 2:- Rain |
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Woke up, looked out the window, & saw: rain. The rain eventually stopped at about 10:00am, so we headed out for a walk to explore the surrounding area. The thing I noticed most about the French countryside was the corn fields; almost every field was full of sweet corn! To give you an idea of how much there was on a 25 minute drive I counted 67 sweet corn fields! We arrived back at the house at about 11:30am to have lunch.
We spent the rest of the day watching the Olympic closing ceremony, because the rain had started again. After tea the rain did stop though so we went out for another walk. |
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Day 3:- The holiday has started! |
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Today breakfast was… poor. That’s all I’m saying. After breakfast we headed to the supermarket to get food… mmm. After shopping we went to see Le Mont St Michel, the original/French version of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. Although the views were truly stunning, it just didn’t seem as good as its brother in Cornwall. After a bit of a disappointment we set off for the beach!
We got there, unloaded the car & then me & Genevieve went body boarding. After about an hour I was well & truly frozen, so I came out & got changed. A few hours later we went home and had cheese & ham crêpe, accompanied by vegetables & a cross between chips & waffles. Fab! |
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Day 4:- A historical day |
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I woke up to one of the best breakfasts I had ever had. Orange juice, fruit & yoghurt, & croissants & pains au chocolat. The perfect French breakfast! After breakfast we headed off for a town called Bayeux. No surprise what we found there: the Bayeux Tapestry!
The tapestry itself was amazing. A 70m-50cm medieval battle told in pictures that took over four years to sew: an amazing piece of history. What is even more amazing is the luck/good fortune that the tapestry is surrounded by; let me explain. The tapestry used to be displayed every few months for a few weeks, & yet it is still in such good condition today. Also the cathedral in which the tapestry was being shown in was burnt down, twice & yet the tapestry was unharmed both times! It was also used to cover a weapons cart, before being rescued & eventually being brought back to Bayeux to be preserved. You could not photograph the tapestry, so I bought a miniature copy of it.
After Bayeux we headed off to Arromanches the town surrounding gold beach, also known as one of the British D-Day landing beaches. It was amazing to see the beach and sea. Finally we headed off up the coast to the Normandy American Cemetery & Memorial. It is home to graves of thousands of Americans who died on the D-Day beaches. The amount of graves really shocked me. It was so quiet & peaceful there, & yet a bit eerie too. |
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Day 5:- Waterfalls and a beach |
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Today’s title pretty much sums up the day. After another fantastic breakfast we headed off for the town of Mortain. Mortain is home to the biggest waterfall in western France, it is also home to a smaller waterfall. We parked the car & set of on the walk.
First we arrived at Le Petit Cascade; it was, as its name suggests, small. It was so peaceful & tranquil there. When we arrived at Le Grande Cascade (the bigger waterfall) I was rather disappointed, as it was supposed to be biggest waterfall in western France, however compared to waterfalls that I have seen in Scotland & Iceland it was rather small.
It was lovely being in the middle of a forest with no one else there, & only the sound of the birds in the trees and the splashing of the waterfall. After that we headed of to the beach, & spent the rest of the day there. Finally we headed home & had couscous salad which me and my mum made. |
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Day 6:- Rennes |
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On day 6 we visited the town of Rennes. Rennes is the capital of Brittany, & is home to lots of medieval buildings, a lot of big houses, & lots of flowers. First we looked around the old streets, it was amazing. It was like being on a medieval film set. Then we had lunch in a café in the main square.
After lunch we went and looked around the gardens. They were so well kept & looked after. I got some really good photos; my favorite is the one of a rose that I found in the huge rose garden. We eventually set off for home at 6:00pm. |
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Day 7:- Fun |
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After another fantastic breakfast we headed out to see an attraction I had been wating to see. It was a miniature village home to a mini Le Mont St Michel. It was so cool, but what I didn’t know was that the 5 minute attraction was about to become a whole day of fun!
After we had looked at the models we headed off up the path. On the way we saw various humorous attractions. One of them was a small, narrow, dark, concrete corridor with various tricks and scares inside. Another was a pair of curtains on the front of a wooden box, & when you went near it you stepped on a board, which made a fake/scary dog leap out at you. Eventually we arrived at the top of the path, & thinking that we had seen everything there we headed towards the exit. On the way we spotted some crazy looking bikes & go carts. We went over to try them out.
There were all sorts of crazy bikes. I got some pictures & video of them but I’ll tell you about my favorite anyway. It was a sort of go cart with a seat & two wheels at the back & a single wheel at the front. To move you pedaled (the pedals were on the front wheel) and to steer you leaned from side to side. It was a bit frightening first time as you almost (and sometimes do!) fall out the seat when you go round a corner. In total we spend about 4 hours in these bikes. Whilst on the bikes, I met a French boy called Alexis. It was really good as I practiced my French and he practiced his English.
We eventually left at about 5:00pm, after that we went to the beach. When we got there the sea was so calm and clear it was like being near the Mediterranean, not the English Channel! |
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Day 8:- Beach |
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After breakfast we headed out to a hypermarket to stock up on all the lovely French food we eat at home, which took all morning! After the hypermarket we came home and had lunch. Then we headed out to have a full afternoon on the beach. I spent most of my time building a sandcastle, as it took me so long I built 3 moats & 2 walls to protect it. Eventually though it was swept away & shortly after we headed home to get ready for the next day. |
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Day 9:- zzz |
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| On the last day I woke up at 6:30 had breakfast helped get the house ready & eventually left at about 11:00am. In the car I watched DVD’s and played on my Gameboy Advance SP. We only stopped 4 times on the whole journey, once to have lunch in a park, the next stop was at the services, the next was getting on the boat at 8:00pm French time, & the final stop was to get chips at 10:30pm English time for a very late tea. We eventually arrived home very tired at 1:00am English time. |
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Below is the video of my trip! |
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