Day Seven: Caen and Falaise, France

I visited the World War II museum in Caen today and learned things I did not know before about the French Resistance.  There were excellent displays on the D-Day and Normandy campaigns. This should put me in good shape for seeing the Normandy beaches tomorrow. 


Next I traveled to Falaise, birthplace of William the Conqueror, where the castle in which he was born still stands.  The castle was heavily bombed during the WWII Allied Normandy invasion and it has been rebuilt in places; restoration work still continues today.   There is a new ‘keep’ that gives the visitor a good feel for a medieval fort/castle built in the Norman style.  Inside the keep, the walls were high; it would have been very difficult to assail.