Montmartre is the artist district of Paris. I was really hoping to see all the painters in the Plaza and get a caricature done but it poured all day when we were there so that didn’t happen. This was really the only day that it rained hard enough to curtail our plans. The Basilique du…

Caudebec is another charming riverside town. We traveled to the Jumieges Abbey. The Abbey was built around 654 and was pillaged by the Vikings in the 9th century which basically left just ruins. It was rebuilt on a grander scale and consecrated in 1067. Enjoying the patronage of the dukes of Normandy, the abbey became…