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amsterdam, architecture, arts, bastille day celebrations, bayeux, cooking, den haag, etretat, france, friends, holland, honfleur, landmarks, menetou-salon, mont saint michel, netherlands, normandy, photography, sights, street art, summer, the hague, tourism, travel, utrecht
The second half of my travels took me to Europe to visit my former host family from when I was an exchange student in France and my friend Melinda from the Netherlands. After picking me up from Paris, I traveled with my host family to Normandy before returning to our village in central France.
Bénédictine Abbey of Fécamp, Normandy
Stained glass advertisement for Alcohol Menthe des Bénédictins
Étretat
Étretat
Étretat
Honfleur
Mémorial in Caen. I would highly recommend this to anyone visiting Normandy. It is very interesting and well-presented. We spent four hours here without noticing, and we only saw the first half of the exhibit. In order to see both halves, I would recommend going early in the morning, stopping for lunch in the café at Mémorial, and then planning on spending another few hours on the second half of the exhibit. I would not recommend visiting this with small children.
“We will remember” candles for peace in Bayeux.
Cathedral in Bayeux.
Cathedral in Bayeux.
American WWII cemetery
The cliffs of Normandy
Mont-Saint-Michel and poppies.
Mont-Saint-Michel
Return to central France for Bastille Day celebrations
Bastille Day celebrations
My village, Menetou-Salon
Menetou-Salon
Appetizers for a Russian feast our friend Maya cooked for us
More Russian appetizers
Russian bread
And Russian cake for dessert :)
Welcome to Holland–wooden shoes in the garden
Biking on Ameland with the Dutch–never before have I felt so awkward on a bicycle.
Ameland
Ameland
Windmills and canals
The Hague
This is the Dutch government.
The Hague
The Queen’s workplace in the Hague
The Peace Palace in the Hague
Utrecht
Utrecht street art
Utrecht
Rainy Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam from above
Amsterdam Centraal and me, unaware of the adventure I was about to have.
Amsterdam Centraal
Goodbye Amsterdam.