A long time coming

It's been a month since my last blog post, and I have learned that the more time that has passed by the easier it is to procrastinate my blog. Hopefully my updates and instagrams have meanwhile sufficed. My blog app has successfully deleted my repeated attempts to finish editing this post. so, else I never post again, I'm just going to claim defeat and post this with subpar spelling and flow. 

Week 1-3: Normandy

Peter and I arrived at our second workaway on September first. After arriving to the property we met the family and saw the property. Beginning with first impressions, I knew I was going to like our hosts Alex and Ed. Having a newly finished apartment to ourselves next to main house was also a plus. I've met and ears stories of workawayers arriving at location in terrible conditioned and given a seed-only diet for their duration. We have had two workaways that are quiet the opposite(mainly due to our homework when evaluating possible hosts). The house in Normandy was on a gorgeous piece of farm land, and our food was amazing. With a three course dinner almost every night, I had fresh fish, muscles, goat cheese salad, rooster, ratatouille, pastas, French pastries, tarts, crapes, and more. I was spoiled rotten. 

The house and barn

Picture from our apartments back door

But the work was arduous, albeit fair. Five hours a day of cleaning horse stables and yard work.

Meanwhile we used the workaway as a headquarters to see the rest of Normandy. Both American landing beeches, Bayeux, and St Michel just to name a few. 

Omaha beach memorial

Bayeux tapestry. Needless to say I took my time going throught twice

St michel

Paris

I was sad to say bye to Normandy, but thrilled for our week in Paris. And for good reasons! Peter and I were meeting up with three of our really good friends from America: Caitlin (who is aupairing for a year in Paris) and Lance & Melissa (siblings traveling Ireland together) we rented a nice apartment in downtown Paris (Montmartre area) for only $23 a night per person, cheaper than any low quality hostel, thanks to airbnb.com which is a fantastic website for cheap quality accommodations. 

Anyway, the five of us had an amazing week in Paris. We saw the Louvre, Versailles, had cheese and wine while watching the Eiffel Tower light up, and so much more. Hopefully we will see Lance again when we come up to the UK in November. 

Favorite pieces of the louvre

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