Second part of Neil and Debbies visit.

After they spent a month touring Great Britain and Ireland, we met Neil and Debbie again in Paris, where Miriam showed us around her favourite places.

We then departed on a trip west to Normanby and Brittany, following the coast for a while, then across to Brest. Our Uncle Charlie was navigator on a bomber which was shot down over Brest in 1944 and he is buried in Plougastel near Brest.

Versailles

Versailles gardens

The mirror hall

Our group with our tour guide.

Boat trip with a different guide.

I had the bad luck to sit behind this big guy,

so I stood up to take photos.

These are the councillors who didn't believe that the bridge would support the road.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame again

Obelisk from Egypt

Avenue des Champs-Elysees

The Louvre

Venus

Strong women!

Interesting elevator, down

and up.

Our tour guide Miriam again.

Mont Saint-Michel

Neil looking down the business end of a very old cannon abandoned by the British in 1434.

The old draw bridge

No room for cars here!

Looking over the tidal flats from the village.

Shadow of the abbey.

Decisions again.

Mmm!

Neil tackling mussels.

Pré Salé Lamb raised on the surrounding grassy flats.

The next morning ready for our tour of the abbey.

We had a really good, very dedicated guide.

The old cloister.

Looking across towards Normandy

Tidal stream to the west of Mont St. Michel

Saint Malo harbour

and city wall.

Main entrance

Another part of the city wall.

Some of the many tourists.

Neil bird watching.

Decisions again.

Old light house at cape Fréhel

Looking west from Cape Fréhel

The newer lighthouse

Looking back from the cape.

Looking across to Fort la Latte

Beach on the north coast looking east to Cape Fréhel

Dinner with a view at Beach Camping Saint Pabu

Walking on the beach the next morning.

Decisions again!

Railway viaduct in Morlaix

They also have some good bakers.

Submarine pens at Brest

Comonwealth graves for airmen lost in 1944 at the church in Plougastel near Brest

Placing a tribute to our Uncle Charlie who died when his bomber was shot down here.

Calvary scene at Plougastel

This was also damaged in the war but has been restored.

A gun implacement near Plougastel

Looking across the harbour from Plougastel to the submarine base at Brest

Arial photo of the submarine base taken January 1943

and this was taken April 2009

A gun station on the submarine base.

The entrances to the submarine pens. The concrete roof is about 7 meters thick.

and inside.

Old abbey at Daoulas just south of Plougastel

Ancient alignments of stones at Carnac

Schloss Chenonceau

Elisabetha nd Debbie strolling in the garden.

Avenue leading up to the entrance.

Drive through the surrounding forest.

Impressive bridge on the A75 South

A cutting on the A75.

Lunch in the square at Aigues-Mortes

Part of the city wall

Camargue horses.

Wetlands with Flamingos

Kite surfers at the beach near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Flying high!

Old church at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. 9th, 10th to 12th century.

Harbour wall at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Motor home parking in Arles

Aproaching the Roman Amphitheatre at Arles

Inside view.

Waiting for the show.

Garden at a hospital where Van Gogh was treated. This was the subject of one of his paintings.

A very good restaurant.

Mmmm!

Inside window decoration.

The amphitheatre again.

Pont du Gard.  A Roman Aqueduct two thousand years old, built without mortar.

A very old olive tree.

Two brothers.

The bridge at Avignon, or what is left of it.

The bridge with part of the palace of the popes in the background.

A stork in our campground in Ribeauvillé in the Alsace

Our favourite restaurant in Bergheim in the Alsace

Bergheim entrance door.

Zurich.

We had the same guide as in Paris and Lucerne. Miriam again.

Looking across to the Grossmunster where Miriam had her graduation ceremony.

The Zeughauskeller Restaurant

Six Cassidys. Cynthia joined us for lunch.

Cafe Sprüngli in Zurich

Four Cassidys

Neil checking whether the chestnuts are done.

Neil practicing for when he gets home.

Debbie too!

Elaine helping Oma again.

Restaurant Drachenburg

Restaurant Waaghaus at Gottlieben

Stein am Rhein

Stein am Rhein

Sample of woodwork in a framework house. Note the tree nails.

A figurehead looking over Neil's shoulder

Burg Hohenklingen

The Munot watch tower at Schaffhausen

View across the city of Scaffhausen

Entrance the the Rheinfall at Schloss Laufen, Schaffhausen.

I believe this is the only waterfall in the Rhein. It is navigable after this.