Normandy Trip… Bayeux

It was fun to walk through the city of Bayeux. Only six miles from the D-Day beaches, Bayeax was the first city liberated after the landing. “Incredibly, the town was spared the bombs of World War II. After a local convent chaplain made sure London knew that this was not a German headquarters and of no strategic importance, a scheduled bombing raid was canceled – making Bayeux the closest city to the D-Day landing site not destroyed.”

The thing Bayeux is the most famous for is the Bayeux Tapestry… made of wool embroidered onto a 70 yard linen cloth.  Ya, 70 yards!  The tapestry tells the story of William the Conqueror’s rise from duke of Normandy to King of England and shows his victory over Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.  Long and skinny, it was designed to hang in the nave of Bayeux’s cathedral.   We were able to see the actual tapestry and listen to an audio guide in English of exactly what each picture meant.  It was really interesting.  (No photos).

After viewing the tapestry we made our way to Bayeux’s Cathedral.  Loved the red door.  We grabbed sandwiches on the way our way out of town and ate in the van on the way to stop #2.  (Chris and I are loving the long tuna sandwiches with tomato and egg inside these days.  Yum)