Time with Lanie and Ben

Have had a lovely three days with Lanie and Ben. They arrived on Wednesday afternoon to miserable weather for the first time in two weeks. Such a shame but nothing you can do about that. On Thursday we did a trip to Mont St Michel and a beautiful medieval town called Dinan. Dinan is south of Mont St Michel and was really worth a visit. We did a big walk around and it was delightful. Won't comment much on Mont St Michel except once again it was mindblowingly beautiful. Bought a few things there this time. Got your tapestry Paddy and one for ourselves. It was a great day and we were all exhausted by the time we got home. We did manage however to eat too much and definitely drink too much. We have got into the bad habit of eating bread, pate, sausage, camembert and fruit before dinner - now that's a healthy lifestyle.

The next day was quieter - well in the morning that is when we lazed in the beautiful sunshine around the farm. Ben and John went into Falaise for a while and Lanie and I rested up for the afternoon. In the pm we hired two canoes and paddled 13 kilometres up the Orne River. It was fantastic - we had to go down about four little weirs and a few sets of rapids. Got sopping wet but it was a beautiful reach of the river and we all really enjoyed it.

Today we have been to the D Day beaches - not in as much detail as with Paddy but still had a good day seeing the whole stretch of beaches. Sent Lanie and Ben to the Musee d'Embarquement to see how the Mulberry Harbour was made which they really enjoyed. We then headed down to Bayeux for another look at the tapestry. It is sooo incredible - I love looking at it.

We have really enjoyed having Lanie and Ben here. That Benny is so funny - he has us laughing the whole time. We head to Paris on Monday and will be very sad to leave our place in Normandy. Don't know how we are going to fit all our stuff in the little Twingo but we will.

Hope all is well at home. Love from us all.