Sunday, September 15, 2024 – Travel day to Bayeux.

Travel Blog 2 Minutes

Checkout time at the hotel is 11:00. My train departs from the train station Gare Saint Lazare at 12:58. It is a 45 minute walk from my hotel to the train station so I sacked in this morning and then got packed up for an 11:00 checkout.

I liked the Royal Saint Michel Hotel. Nice clean rooms and a super convenient location.
The elevator was very small, one person small, but very nice to have an elevator if you have a room on the 5th floor.
Unfortunately, the elevator was out of order Friday, Saturday and today. At the end of a long day when you are dog tired it is a little disappointing to see this sign on the elevator and know that you need to drag your weary carcass up five flights of stairs to get to your hotel room. This morning I had to carry a suitcase and a backpack down five flights of stairs to check out. I am not complaining. I need the extra exercise to stave off my croissant and gelato induced weight gain.

Who in the world would want a Krispy Kreme Doughnut in Paris when there is a boulangerie with heavenly croissants on every street corner?

Near the Paris Opera House.
I had to wait for the crowd to clear out before I took this picture.
Lunch was a gyoza curry rice bowl with a Coke. I am hoping to eat a lot of fish when I get out to Bayeux.
I arrived at the train station at noon and the train doesn’t depart until 12:58. Everyone waits around staring at the departure board until about 10 minutes before the train is scheduled to depart and then they announce which track your train is on and there is a mad scramble to get through the ticket check gate and board your train. Good news. I think I have finally figured out how to find my seat. It isn’t difficult and I don’t know why I have had such a hard time with this simple task.
I have arrived.
Bayeux looks like a very manageable walking around town.
D-Day tourism is BIG here.
I booked an Airbnb in Bayeux. I am in a cozy apartment in the attic of the owner’s house.
This is Jasmini the manager of the Airbnb. He gave me tickets to the art museum, the tapestry museum and the D-Day museum. What a nice guy.
It is Sunday and a lot of shops and restaurants are closed. I found a bar that was open and ordered a local red ale. Very good.

I told you that I wanted to eat a lot of seafood once I got out to Bayeux which is on the Normandy coast. The bar that I found serves beer and pizzas.

I ordered a pizza with red onions, black olives, capers and ANCHOVIES. It was great

That’s it from Bayeux. I hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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