Bayeux Tapestry

Made a day trip today to see the Bayeux tapestry. Only took 2 1/2 hours each way from Paris, on a nice expensive train trip. Was so worth every cent I payed. The tapestry is actually an embroyded cloth, but is almost 1000 years old (made it 1070), and certainly doesnt look like it is that old. It depicts the battle at Normandy where William the Conqueror defeated Henry/Harold, (someone) to become king-ok so it was pretty cool, just forget a bit of the history!

I spent about 40 minutes looking at it before I got kicked, its about 50cm wide and 70 meters long, so a lot of looking. It was truly amazing, made in only 10 different colours, which depsite the time, havent faded.

Unfortunately, the museum closes between 12.30 and 2.00, so I had to find something else to do while it was closed. They actually kicked me out at 12.10-thats so not 12.30, so I had 2 hours to kill, only to discover that just about everything in the town (not a huge place to begin with) closes between about 12 and 2. I ended up having a look at the cathedral, wandering up to the British war cemetary from the Normandy landing in World War 2, and then had a wander through the lovley old streets of the town, before it was 2.00, and I headed back to the tapestry.

Here I spent another hour and a half looking at the tapestry before having a quick look at the museum which was there, and then making the long treck back to Paris.


Palace Versailles

Catacombes-a little bit freaky

Pantheon

Yes I wasnt really impressed by the Mona Lisa!