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IMG_0866 * Soon after leaving Belgium and arriving in France, we find the entrance to the 'Chunnel' the tunnel that connects France and the continent to England.

IMG_8449 * A short walking tour of Rouen finds this clock in the middle of the street...

IMG_8450 * with a very interesting archway.

IMG_8451 * Not far away we find Joan d' Arc

IMG_8452 * who here was burned at the stake...

IMG_8455 * marked by this cross.

IMG_8457 * The site of the old church from the time is next to the new modern church...

IMG_8459r * with the old beautiful stained glass...

IMG_8461r * which is will lit on this sunny day.

IMG_8465 * The first cathederal on the site was built around 400 and was replaced by one consecrated in 1063 in the presence of William the Conqueror, the future King of England.

CRW_8468r2 * Like many of the great cathedrals of Europe, the main entrance is spectacular at nearly 100 feet high...

IMG_8472r * and containing the always interesting stained glass windows.

IMG_8464 * The front towers are from the 15th century and the cast-iron spire was unusual. As with many cathedrals, they were 'added to' over time.

IMG_8479 * The wood timber faces of the houses were interesting and some date from Roman times.

IMG_0868 * We noticed these interesting fomations in many of the trees on our way to our stop for the night...

IMG_0884 * at our B&B in Ver sur Mer near the beaches of Normandy.

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