Poor Reindert.
I booked our accommodation for the last part of our trip last night.
He said go for it - whatever. I trust you.
Which means, a bedroom each, because we're old now, and we both don't have to scrounge. It means, for me, we can get something decent, not just bare minimum - but it doesn't have to be five star accommodation. AirBNB all the way.
Three nights, I'm booking.
We had a chat about what we wanted to get out of our three day jaunt around Brittany and Normandy.
We're meeting at 2 pm at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and picking up a hire car.
Then, we're off North.
The first place to visit - Villers Brettoneux. My mum had an uncle there in World War One. Uncle Roy, it turns out, is one of the most decorated non-combatant soldiers of the war. He survived the horrors of the way. And just reading this bio, he was at Villers Bretonneux fifty years to the day before I was born. It's a bit of a pilgrimage for me.
We've got a nice AirBNB in the nearby town of Amiens.
Where, as Reindert will find out, I might get to have a poke around the cathedral, which looks spectacular. Reindert is going to learn quickly, this girl sees a cathedral and you won't see her for dust. Reindert is an avid atheist. I am spiritual and agnostic - but I adore church architecture.
Then it's off to Brittany.
There's a few places to visit while we're in the vicinity. Reindert wants to go to Omaha Beach. I'm really good with that. Nearby is the town of Bayeux - and after studying it in school, I'd love to see the Bayeux Tapestry in real life.
Our digs for the next two nights are in the old town of St Malo.
I'm excited about this. What Reindert hasn't been told is that I love a book called "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr. Love this book.
And we're staying in the old town of St Malo - the place where the book is set. (for those who don't read, the series is coming out on Netflix in November. May they do it justice.)
I love when you get to live out your dreams.
The following day, we're going to Mont St Michel. Again, another lifelong dream.
I'm also hopefully catching up with another friend from university, who lives nearby. I'm going to be carting around a catering sized jar of vegemite for her, we had better catch up, especially as this is the second to last day of my trip.
Then it's back to Paris to catch the plane home.
Am I allowed to get excited yet?
I've just got one night of the trip to organise. A night in Southend-on-Sea in England. I only go to the best places.
Exciting times
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