Day 5 Tuesday 3/7 Bayeux

Our accommodation in Bayeux is within walking distance of many of the places of interest so after breakfast we headed out on foot to explore. We walked down to the main shopping street and all noticed a stunning patisserie that we would return to for lunch! The boys visited the magnificent cathedral that Lyn and I had visited yesterday.  We then caught the Bayeux mini-train which took us on a tour of the historic areas of Bayeux. Bayeux was miraculously spared from bombing during WW2 so is a beautiful, historic city with magnificent buildings. It also has quite a few museums based around the D-Day landing and the Normandy Campaign. During our tour we hopped off at the Museum of the Battle of Normandy. We spent quite a lot of time here and certainly increased our knowledge of this historic battle. Of course not many Australians were involved but certainly USA, Britain and Canada were heavily involved and lost many souls in an effort to free France from the Germans. The mini-train picked us up and continued on the tour. Once back in the main town area we went to our patisserie for lunch. Later we walked along the river area and continued walking to visit the British Military Cemetery where 4,144 commonwealth soldiers who died in WW2 were buried.

PS We have the Min Min Man joining us in our travels, you will find him in some of our photos. 
PPS It started raining heavily late this afternoon, photo and video added.