T Stands For The Castle and more

Hi everyone, I missed out last week. Just normal events taking up our time!

The next afternoon I injured myself - a pulled muscle I think but after resting for a few days (watching films in the afternoons!!!!) it is slowly recovering - I even managed(just) to comb my hair today. Hubby has been amazing!

We planned on visiting Failaise Castle so set out with a plan to eat first at one of the places we had tried to get into on the Sunday we went to the Brocante. One was closed and the other had a private event on so we wandered through the streets leading to the castle and found a gem!

Le Vauquelin restaurant had won awards for its food and we could tell why.

We had Confit of Pork with a side of frites. It was melt in the mouth delicious. We had a jug of water on the table and I also had a tonic water. You can just see the arm of one of our friends.

I am joining Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T Stands For Tuesday at The Altered Book Lover blog.

Our friend's recovering broken ankle was making her uncomfortable so they decided not to climb up to the castle but went instead to the Museum of Automata which they really enjoyed.

We walked on to the castle, stopping off at an old church, l'Église de la Trinité which was founded in 840, destroyed in 1204 and rebuilt then damaged in the 100 years war and patched up.

There was an exhibition about the Second World war bombing of Falaise.It must have been a frightening time.

Here are two of the reports that were on display

You can read more here. Wikipedia has a longer version. The story is very similar to that of Villers Bocage, see my post here 

We went on past the statue of William The Conqueror who was born at Falaise Castle

We also passed another museum and wished we had more time

There were excellent views of Falaise and the surrounding countryside.

The castle had lots of steep steps so it would have been difficult for friend to get around.

The wall displays were very informative and were in both French and English.

Of course I was delighted to see Eleanor of Aquitaine - there was a spoken commentary in French with words underneath to interpret

Eleanor and HenryII stayed at this castle and held a Christmas gathering here too.

They also had similar ones for William the Conqueror, Henry ll.  Richard1, and John Lackland

On our way out we passed the Trebuchet

As you can see it was a very sunny day and we all headed back to the shade of our gîte for a rest.

Thanks for looking, Chris

Just in case you would like to see my small journal kit is in this post here