Bayeaux, France. (Beaches of Normandy)

On last Monday and Tueaday we went to Bayeaux as a group, which is a small city in northern France, to stay in a monastery and visit some of the main sites around that area (Primarily the Beaches of  Normandy.) Whenever we first pulled into the town we saw a statue of Esienhower in honor of the work he did in World War II and a French and American flag flying above him which was a welcoming site. We didn't really do much on Monday, and the town of Bayeaux as a whole was pretty dead. It was a small quiet place and it was for sure hard to adjust from the hectic life of Paris to Bayeaux's slow laid back atmosphere. We spent some time in two museums for a tapestry and a small Beaches of Normandy museum but after that we just went back to the monastery, and yes I said monastery. The monastery had 16 nuns who still currently live there however they have a decent amount of rooms they let people stay in. It was dead quiet and there was a strict no noise after 10 o'clock rule. We had a wake up bell at 7 o'clock and then went and ate some breakfast which they provided, mainly bread with a few homemade jams. Overall, they were very welcoming to us and it was for sure an interesting experience. On Tuesday we set off for the Beaches of Normandy planning to visit two landing sites with the first one being the beaches of Omaha. I was really nervous we weren't going to be able to visit the cemetery because of the governments issues back home, but it was opened about 5 days before we were scheduled to go which was a major relief. The first thing I did when we got there was I took a lap around the cementery paying my respects to the all the men who gave their life when they stormed the beach. I then took the long walk down to the actual beachand tried my best to invision the whole scene playing out. I can't even begin to imagine the feeling of terror those men felt that day, but they got the job done. I have never felt more proud to be American than I did that day. It gave me chill bumps looking at the USA flag flying above the cemetery and realizing just how lucky I am to be American. We then went to a British landing area where the floating dock was brought in from the UK and set up on the shores of France and learned about how impressive and important this really was (which I never knew about until we visted that area.)  The rest of the day we spent at an area called Mont Saint Michel's which basically was an old monastery on top of a rock island. We went back to Paris Wednesday morning and then were released for our fall break. Seven of us guys decided to travel together and our first destination was Madrid which is where I'll pick up next time. Also, I'm lacking on pictures because I don't have a way to transfer them from my camera to phone on break, so when I get back I'll put up my best pictures in a blog post. Hope all is well.