Nous sommes arrives

Well we made it. It was a long evening of travel but we finaly got to Bayeux by 3. Our biggest problem so far is using the french designed computer keyboards to type.

Bayeux is a town with some incredible history, it has been around since the 10th century where it was a key town in the Duchy of William the Conqueror as well as an important piece of D-day.

It has been really neat going around to the different villages that were a part of William the Conqueror's history. We have been to Caen, Falaise and Bayeux. All these towns have buildings and primarily churches that are over a 1000 years old. In Caen we went to one of the abbey's William had built to appease the pope as he married his cousin - 5th cousin Mathilde. In Falaise we visited his castle. It is quite amazing to see the history of the Rollo's and we have some nice photos to prove it.

On Wednesday we visited the D-day beaches. Our first stop was the Canadian landing at Juno. There we visited the canadian museum. It was quite a moving experience, on our exit we ran into a bunch of canadian ww2 vets, which made it even more emotional being there. Our next stop was Omaha beach where the americans came ashore. It is quite incredible imaginaing the dificulty they had in getting up the beach to the German positions.

We are now in Dijon and on aour way to Beaune where we will do some wine tour.....arranged thru Del before heading further south around Nice and Monaco.

I hope to post some pictures but there is so much to see that I may not get much of a chance.

take care all and see you in a few more weeks....a bientot

Last touches before the big day

We have been getting some last minute stuff done around the house before our big day. For those who haven't heard Mel and I are getting hitched this saturday. After that we will be off on our honeymoon....stay tuned right here for photos.


The other week we had some labourers in too remove the lath and plaster from the second floor hall and our guest bedroom. We are now very close to finishing all the demolition. All that remains is the inside of the bathroom and some of the office.





We are once again building up quite the garbage pile in the backyard.



This past weekend finally let me start work on our new entertainment centre. We bought a couple of simple units from Ikea and mounted them on 2x6 bases which will eventually be covered in stainless steel...similar to our kitchen. Next I will add a concrete top to it and finish off some other finishing details.


We are looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend and having quite the party.