Cherbourg
From Bayeux we caught a BlaBlaCar. This one was a packed car with 3 other people who were actually deckhands on one of the Brittany ferries. They were friendly and talkative (in French) and they dropped us at the ferry terminal after just an hour or so drive. From there we had a long walk to our hotel with all our stuff. We asked a yellow vest protester for directions and he produced perfect directions in very solid English. Upon making the 40 minute walk to the hotel we set out to explore Cherbourg. I had never heard of it before I came, but learned that Cherbourg is one of the places that the U.S. was tasked with taking over from the Germans in WWII. Cherbourg was also the Titanic's 2nd to last stop before going to Ireland, then ultimately capsizing. So anyway, so pretty neat recent history surrounding the port city. We really didn't do much on our stay here, but some takaways: - I really loved the scenery. We hadn't seen the ocean or many bodies of water for awhi...