In Paris and all of Calvados and Normandy we saw has so much graffiti! It really bothered me. It is literally everywhere. It is like the taggers are having a contest as to whom can paint the highest and the most. The streets here are confusing. Stop lights and stop signs are small and don’t…

I have to admit, the hectic schedule got to us and we crashed right before Rouen. There was a guided tour that Robin and Neil took but we just needed to sleep in a bit. I headed out to Rouen after lunch and did some shopping. Robin said that the most “interesting” thing they saw…

The highlight of Conflans was Auvers-sur-Oise, the place where Vincent Van Gogh spent his last 70 days. Vincent spent some time in a mental hospital and afterwards headed north to Auvers-sur-Oise where Dr. Gachet, a physician specializing in melancholia, resided. The town was also only 18 miles from Paris where his beloved brother and promoter,…

Most of our voyage has concentrated on Normandy but today we ventured out to the department ( or arrondissement, can be compared to our counties) of Calvados . Oh my, what a lovely village. So French. This is the first place I really, really felt like I was in France (except maybe for the Eiffel…