France

I am back after a long hiatus. My mother died in November of 2022 and my father died this past April. After my mother died we spent our spare time visiting my father and when he died were involved in his affairs as executor of his estate. This past summer I had to speak at a conference in England and another in southern California and am pretty much working again full time. We are only now getting our feet back on the ground and finding time for photos. After the conference in England this past summer (Shropshire), we went on to Normandy with our oldest daughter and spent time first in the area of Etretat and then at the D-Day beaches and in Bayeux. We stayed first in Le Tilleul and then in Le Molay Littry and while staying at Le Tilleul walked the cliffs and watched the sunset one evening at Le Plage des Tilleuls. The photo was taken from Le trou de la Sortiere, a cave at the east end of the beach.

One of the evening we were in Bayeux we watched the light show at the cathedral. We had not gone to see the lights, but were at the cathedral when the show started and stayed to watch it.

One of the evening we were in Bayeux we watched the light show at the cathedral. We had not gone to see the lights, but were at the cathedral when the show started and stayed to watch it.

The first evening we were in Normandy we checked into our guest house in Le Tilleul and walked to town The Church of St. Martin (Eglise Sant-Martin du Tilleul) is in the town center and across the road was the restaurant where we had our first taste of French cuisine, a wonderful meal at O'4 Saisons.

This lovely little restaurant in Le Tilleul was where we had our first meal and our first taste of French Cuisine after walking to the town center from our guest house.

The day after arriving in France and checking into our guest house in Le Tilleul we visited Etretat and walked the cliffs to the Antifer Lighthouse. This was where we started, the beach at Etretat looking toward the Porte d'Aval with an old German Bunker from World War 2 in the foreground.

The day after arriving in France (via the Dover to Calais ferry) and checking into our guest house in Le Tilleul, we walked the cliffs from Etretat to the Antifer Lighthouse. The arch is the Porte d'Aval and the sea-stack is l'Aiguille. The town of Etretat is visible on the far right with the Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Garde and the Monument Nungesser et Coli on hillside above the town.

These poppies were photographed near Cap d'Antifer, as we walked the cliff from Etretat to the village of La Place.

The photo was taken from Pointe de la Courtine and looks southwest across the Plage des Tilleuls toward Pointe du Fourquet and Cap d' Antifer. The Phare d'Antifer, the lighthouse on the cape, is visible in the center of the photo. We hiked the cliffs (the trail is visible) from Etretat to the village of La Place, near the lighthouse.