Yesterday was a long, beautiful, troubled, astounding, tiring and wonder-filled day, so this morning, we took a break. It was needed for travel red tape. I spent a few hours trying to figure out how to take a Covid test before embarking on the QM2 on Sunday, when we'll be on a ferry boat all day Saturday. Solution? A test delivered to our hotel and then a virtual appointment for test witnessing in the late evening. The preparation for packing also happened and other odds and ends attended to. In no time at all, it was mid-afternoon.
Mom wasn't feeling up to an adventure and wanted to get more packing done, so I headed out alone to find the Ceramics Museum. It was easy to find, practically just around the corner. But alas, it was unexpectedly closed so no ceramics for me. Instead, I took myself on a meandering tour of the old town, no plan, no idea where I was and no Baedeker (if you're a Room with a View aficionado like me, you may remember that line from poor cousin Charlotte's adventure in Florence). Here's what I saw (documented in pictures below):
- A weird building that looked like a long hat
- A tiny museum in which I was able so see the inside of one of these wood-clad medieval houses but had no clue what the actual museum was for
- Very fancy houses
- A church that was half new-build and half ancient-build, all smooshed together
- A very cool clock
- A huge cathedral that was, despite being under renovation, awe-inspiring
- A French Lush store for George
- Drunk people
- An old-timey festival with a blacksmith and a court jester
- A tour tram making its way through all the sights there were to see
- Our very own front door
This was the perfect way to wrap up or stay in Rouen (which neither of us can pronounce, no matter how much we've practiced. It sounds like THIS) and we are ready for tomorrow's trip to Mont Saint Michel and then a quick stop at a fancy hotel in Saint Malo. See you then!
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