A beautiful millhouse at Bayeux, home of the famous tapestry

A classic view of Mont St Michel

A detail of the cloisters at Mont St Michel

A famous citizen of Rouen was novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821-80)

A plane tree-lined avenue leads to the elegant Chateau de Chenonceau

A plane tree-lined avenue leads to the elegant Chateau de Chenonceau

A view from the battlements over William the Conqueror's home town of Caen

And all kinds of fresh produce

Angers Castle is a MAJOR piece of stonework

Arc de Triomphe - Built by Napoleon to commemorate his various military victories - dominates the Champs-Elysees

Architect Louis Le Vau built the first section which expanded into an enlarged courtyard

Assemblee Nationale Palais Bourbon, originally built for Louis XIV's daughter.

Bayeux church is quite imposing

Bayeux church is quite imposing

Bayeux is a pleasant little town