
Without bothering to shower, we woke up and immediately left our seedy room. Geoff had picked the town for the new day - Bayeux. Having learned our lesson, we decided to make the first stop a prospective hotel. So I successfully navigated us to Chataeau de Sully, featured in two of our guidebooks. We drove up to the impressive driveway towards the grand mansion. The outside was much like the one from the night before, but obviously this house had been lovingly restored and maintained. Initially, we figured we would book a room and have lunch.The friendly man at reception spoke to me in English and feeling lazy, I answered the same. He suggested dinner instead since the menu was the same, which actually I thought was a great idea. It sounded very relaxing to be able to enjoy a wonderful meal, and then simply walk back to your room. The hours of driving to and from each place had definitely stressed us a bit, so that would be a welcome change. So we booked a room. It was more expensive than the previous night, but Geoff reasoned that it's really about how many showers you get in a room,...