Things to do in Normandy
1. Overdose on fresh air. We’re in Villedieu-les-Poeles, founded by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades. The name means “City of God of Pots and Pans”, though if you mispronounce it sounds like “City of God of the Naked.”
2. Go fishing. Our friend’s place is called The Mill in the Forest. Because there’s an old mill and a forest. (“Trouble at the mill.” “What kind of trouble?” “I don’t know, I wasn’t expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.” “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!” Every time we hear the name we have to do this.) There’s also a pond teeming with carp. Does anyone know about carp? Does the pond have to be cleaned? Isn’t it a self-regulating ecosystem? City slickers need help.
3. Recreate the Allied landings. Which happened on another beach, but close enough. This trip is turning out to be a WW2 retrospective, backwards.
4. Befriend a direwolf. This is Gaspar, the biggest German shepherd we’ve ever seen. He guards the calvados (apple brandy) distillery.
5. Drink calvados (KAL-va-dos). It cures sore throat instantly. They also make cider and pommeau—cider and calvados.
6. Do not get freaked out by the silence. It’s so quiet you can hear the neighbor’s refrigerator, and the nearest neighbor is a mile away.
7. Sleep early in your cozy attic room, because tomorrow you’re going to Gondor.
The island fortress of Mont-Saint-Michel was the model for Minas Tirith in the Lord of the Rings movies.
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November 7th, 2014 at 21:51
I want your vacation. If you had a few strange characters (your friends here) with you, it would be an Eric Rohmer movie.
November 8th, 2014 at 01:20
Strangely enough, that’s the itinerary we submitted for the Schengen visa: a visit to the sites of Eric Rohmer movies! Kulang na lang yung usapan na wala lang pero intense.