Caen: The Castle (Part 3 for today)

OK, I'm going to skip part 4 and make part 3 short and sweet because I've got to get some sleep before a long day tomorrow. So this posting is about William the Conquerer's castle and our walk back through old town to the hotel.

The castle is just across the street and up a hill from the last church I mentioned in Part 2. Like all castles, it is formidable, awe-inspiring, and just pretty darn amazing. We absolutely love exploring the different parts of old castles and learning all the heroic and sometimes tragic history of each and every one. This one was no exception - absolutely cool! Here are a couple of pics!

This is a half timbered house that you can see down in the city from up on the castle walls.

And this is another view from the castle walls. It's looking down across the old town of Caen. Pretty breathtaking!

 

 

These next three pics are of cool streets and buildings we saw as we walked from the castle back to the hotel. I can't believe the people of Caen get to walk every day among these old, historic buildings. I'm so thankful I'm seeing them, if only for a couple of days!

 

The old church to the right is very different from the others we saw because it has a WOODEN vaulted ceiling. Spectacular!

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK, that's all for today's sight-seeing! I wish I could post 100 pics for you to enjoy, but it takes quite a bit of time to upload even just this many. So hopefully you're getting a little taste of the wonderful things we're seeing, even though I can't show you everything. Tomorrow we're off for a quick day trip to Rouen, the place where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake and home to the world famous cathedral that Monet painted many times. Talk to you all tomorrow night!

 

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