Thursday, July 30, 2015

Caen, Normandy, the City of William the Conqueror

"Eating street." Charming-



Dinner: fish terrine and salmon with butter sauce. Delicate!


The church


I've never seen these creatures protruding from church walls before. Dragons, fish, gazelles...fascinating. was.built between 1200-1500.


Oldest castle in Normandy, used during WW11


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4 comments:

  1. Brian BowkerJuly 31, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    If I'm not mistaken, those are basically downspouts meant to channel the streams of rain water away from the building so that they don't erode the foundation when they land. Probably wasn't (isn't?) pleasant to walk around the building during a hard rain.

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  2. JaciAugust 5, 2015 at 9:22 PM

    Brian sounded just like John Bowker right there. A fabulous Apple who fell from the Extraordinary Bowker Tree👍

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  3. JaciAugust 5, 2015 at 9:23 PM

    Btw-u were destined to find "Eating Street."

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  4. Brian BowkerAugust 6, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    That's a pretty big complement where I come from, Jaci!

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