France, Belgium, Amsterdam 2013
In September 2013, we took a driving trip from the airport in Paris through Normandy, Belgium, and Amsterdam. In ten days, we put over 800 miles on our little Ford B-Max stopping overnight in Giverny, Bayeux, Ghent, Belgium, and finally Amsterdam. This special trip, in honor of our 40th wedding anniversary, allowed us to visit the home of Claude Monet and his waterlillies, the world famous Bayeux Tapestry, Normandy World War II battlefields, Mont Ste. Michel, the Volvo factory in Ghent, and all the sights in Amsterdam. Here is a pictorial version of that journey.
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It is said that Harold of England pledged his allegiance to William in the Bayeux Cathedral - a pledge he later broke when he succeeded to the throne of England upon King Edward's death. As a result, the Bayeux tapestry tells of William's venture to England where the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066. Edward was to lose his life in the battle and William ascended to the crown which he believed Edward had promised to him.
