MES PARENTS EN VACANCES

Some members of my family (my aunt and uncle, cousin and mother and father) came to visit last month and we had some wonderful times visiting places in France, Belgium and Germany.  Now that they are gone, I miss them very much.  Here's a look at some of the places we visited.  Can you believe we did so much in just one month ?

Monet's gardens at Giverny...

The church in Querqueville...

Nez de Jobourg in La Hague...

The gardens in Vauville...

Our first visit the the Château des Ravalet in Tourlaville... (that's my aunt and uncle on the left) 

The lighthouse in Gatteville...

A trip to Barfleur for oysters...

Stopped in Montfarville to see Guillaume Fouace's church paintings...

Tour Vauban in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue...

Emmanuel Liais Gardens and Museum in Cherbourg...

Shopping at Babou...

Boat tour around Cherbourg harbor and its forts...

Went to the Abbey in Lessay...

A castle surrounded by a moat in Pirou...

Coutances Cathedral...

We ate lots of crêpes (not stinkin' pancakes!)

Abbey ruins at Hambye...

Spent a rainy afternoon at la Cite de la Mer...

Manoir Dur-Écu, near Urville-Nacqueville... 

Walked around the grounds of Château de Martinvast...

We went to Bricquebec...

We went to Barneville-Cartaret on a very cold and windy day...

Took a tour of the Moulin à Vent du Cotentin at Fierville-les-Mines...

Shopped at La Maison du Biscuit in Sortosville-en-Beaumont...

Went to Bayeux...

Saw the Bayeux Tapestry...

Went to Omaha Beach...

The very windy day at La Pointe-du-Hoc...

Quick stop at the German cemetery at La Cambe...

A stroll along Utah Beach...

The church with its parachutist at Sainte-Mère-Église...

Mass at my church in Querqueville...

>And a trip to my other church in Urville-Nacqueville...

A visit to the Liberation Museum on top of Montagne du Roule...

A closer look at the Goury lighthouse...

Port Racine, the smallest port in France...

An excellent day spent at Mont-Saint-Michel...

Our second trip to Château des Ravalet in Tourlaville...

An afternoon in Cherbourg and an Umbrella's of Cherbourg photo op...

Sunset at Querqueville plage...

Amiens Cathedral...

Saint-Quentin Hôtel de Ville...

Took the train from Cherbourg to Paris...

Opéra Garnier

Louvre Museum

Notre-Dame

Arc de Triomphe

The Eiffel Tower

Napoleon's tomb at the Hôtel des Invalides

A day at Versailles...

Moulin Rouge

Basilica of Sacré Cœur in Montmartre

All the important paintings in the Musée d'Orsay...

Viewed the glass dome at les Galeries Lafayette...

Bastogne War Museum...

Mardasson War Memorial

Trier

Car ferry over the Rhine River...

Several days at the Park Hotel in Rüdesheim am Rhein with trips to Bacharach and the world's largest outdoor cuckoo clock...

Rainy morning at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz...

Mainz Cathedral

Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett in Rüdesheim

The church in the rock at Idar-Oberstein...

Ebernburg Castle in Bad Münster

The bridge houses in Bad Kreuznach

Rhine River Cruise in the Germania

The Abbey of Hildegard von Bingen

Explored the Rheingau Wine Museum in Brömserburg Castle, the oldest castle along the Rhine.

Niederwalddenkmal high above Rüdesheim with stunning views over the Rhine...

The Cathedral of Worms and the Martin Luther Monument

The great Romanesque Cathedral of Speyer...

Douaumont Ossuary in Verdun as well as the Douaumont Fort...

Reims Cathedral as well as the Basilica of St-Remi...

Finally, all good things must come to an end.  In Paris, my family did one final packing of their luggage and everyone said their goodbyes at Charles de Gaulle Airport.  Bon Voyage !