Without bothering to shower, we woke up and immediately left our seedy room. Geoff had picked the town for the new day - Bayeux. Having learned our lesson, we decided to make the first stop a prospective hotel. So I successfully navigated us to Chataeau de Sully, featured in two of our guidebooks. We drove up to the impressive driveway towards the grand mansion. The outside was much like the one from the night before, but obviously this house had been lovingly restored and maintained. Initially, we figured we would book a room and have lunch.The friendly man at reception spoke to me in English and feeling lazy, I answered the same. He suggested dinner instead since the menu was the same, which actually I thought was a great idea. It sounded very relaxing to be able to enjoy a wonderful meal, and then simply walk back to your room. The hours of driving to and from each place had definitely stressed us a bit, so that would be a welcome change. So we booked a room. It was more expensive than the previous night, but Geoff reasoned that it's really about how many showers you get in a room,...
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Without bothering to shower, we woke up and immediately left our seedy room. Geoff had picked the town for the new day - Bayeux. Having learned our lesson, we decided to make the first stop a prospective hotel. So I successfully navigated us to Chataeau de Sully, featured in two of our guidebooks. We drove up to the impressive driveway towards the grand mansion. The outside was much like the one from the night before, but obviously this house had been lovingly restored and maintained. Initially, we figured we would book a room and have lunch.The friendly man at reception spoke to me in English and feeling lazy, I answered the same. He suggested dinner instead since the menu was the same, which actually I thought was a great idea. It sounded very relaxing to be able to enjoy a wonderful meal, and then simply walk back to your room. The hours of driving to and from each place had definitely stressed us a bit, so that would be a welcome change. So we booked a room. It was more expensive than the previous night, but Geoff reasoned that it's really about how many showers you get in a room,...
We set the alarm clock early, but we didn't actually get up early. Maybe it was because the volume of the alarm radio never rose above a whisper. Or maybe it was because since we had arrived in Paris we had been so tired and had indulged in full nights of sleep. Or maybe we were just lazy. Regardless, we didn't get up early and as a result, missed the Saturday markets in Normandy. Fortunately, there was more to see.We took the metro out of Paris to Rueil-Malmaison to pick up the car Geoff had reserved. When we got to Avis, I decided to try an experiment. I wanted to see if we could complete a complex transaction like renting a car without 'cheating' in English. We managed to give the man working there our licenses when asked and to do the paperwork properly, so he then gave us the keys and directions to the car, of which I caught "gauche" (left) "cinquante metres" (50 meters) and "trios bas" (three of something). We weren't sure how these would come together, but we decided to give it a shot. We walked in the direction he had pointed and looked towards the...
