If it quacks like a duck …..
By Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13865)
Ireland
June 16, 2025 4:41pm CST
Best meal so far this trip and that’s for both Greece and France. Unfortunately the trip ends on Wednesday.
To say that I enjoyed a Magret du Canard in the shadow of Bayeux Cathedral this lunch time would be a serious case of understatement. It was cooked rosé (bloodily pink, very nearly still quacking) and was served with a red berry sauce. This particular duck fulfilled its destiny in fine style. My wife had Poulet Normande and she too extacised for a while.
Later at dinner, however, we both returned to earth with a bump in a restaurant where the food was okay but not remarkable.
Later we took my brother around the cathedral which he enjoyed. We also sat in a few parks and went for a drink before dinner so we had about four hours with him.
Until then I had thought Bayeux was as flat as a crêpe, but once you begin to push someone in a wheelchair you realise that very little of the earth is flat. I’m not complaining, but I’m exhausted and my back is very sore.
Next time I visit we will try to rent a cottage that I know is only 100 metres from his nursing home. I felt a bit bad leaving him back to the nursing home and saying goodbye.
Tomorrow we take the train to Rennes and on Wednesday fly back to Dublin.
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@celticeagle (176574)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Jun
I hope he enjoyed the visit as much as you did. Perhaps if you brought the chair up a bit so that you didn't have to stoop your back wouldn't hurt as bad afterwards.
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@RasmaSandra (86594)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jun
At least your brother will have the memories of your visit and i hope you will be able to see him again at some time,
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@LindaOHio (193298)
• United States
17 Jun
I'm glad you were able to take your brother out and spend time with him. You're a good brother.
@Ineeddentures (8255)
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17 Jun
When you said Unfortunately the trip ends..
I feel like that a couple of days before we come home.
And then it takes me says to get back to normal when we do get home
I hope that your sore back improves,
