Travel Day - To Rouen

Today was a travel day. We visited a cathedral and abbey, but it's late, and I need to be rested for tomorrow. We'll fold what we did when we got to Rouen into tomorrow's blog. Suffice it to say, we traveled from Paris to Rouen today.

Tomorrow we drive to Honfleur with a stop at a ruined abbey.

See you tomorrow!

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Baths and The Abbey

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