france

A quick meander through France found us mainly in Normandy where Jon was able to satisfy his military history interests with visits to Dunkirk, Villiers Bretonnex and Omaha. We visited the resting place of Jon’s great grandfather Mark Gregor killed in action in June 1918 aged 35, one of 2100 Commonwealth servicemen from WWI buried or commemorated at the Bretonnex Cemetery. The adjacent Australian National Memorial has an impressive interactive display and is well worth a visit. We had glorious stays at the Chateau du Landin outside Rouen and the Chateau du Bois Guy in Brittany, and spent our time rambling around the abbey atop the lovely Mont-Saint-Michel and the defending walls of the historic port at St.Malo. Goes without saying that the food in France was to die for and we hot footed it to Cherbourg to catch the ferry before our pot bellies would no longer squeeze into Disco.

Visited January 2020.