Last night and today have definitely been long travel days. The eight hour flight was uneventful. I think everyone but Kelly got at least a few hours of sleep which was good. Once we landed in Paris going through customs retrieving our luggage was a breeze. We then rented a car and drove to a little town called Arromanches which is in the Normandy area. The most adventurous part of the drive was at the beginning when our GPS (lovingly known as Veronica...don't ask) would not pick up any satellites and therefore was not in operation. So as you might expect Dad just started driving because he and Mom knew we were going west to the Normandy area. We just started driving (in the wrong direction by accident...oops!) and eventually Veronica registered where we were and put us on the right track. (THANK GOODNESS!!) While we were driving we observed that the French drive well below the speed limit on the highway...interesting to think that the speed posted it is the absolute maximum any car was going here, while in the ATL the posted speed is the absolute minimum. Anyway, got to our hotel and then went to eat at a little bar and restuarant with really great food (or as the French would say "Delicieux!") So our first meal in France was successful!! yay! We poked around the town a bit (trying to stay up to the alotted bed time!) and got some cool pictures with the town in the background. So even though it is only about 3:00 PM atlanta time, its 9:00 PM our time and we have only gotten about 3 hours of sleep in the past 30 hours so we are wiped out. We are gonna be up early tomorrow to start out our sightseeing of the Normandy region....
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