Les Andelys

                 Last night when we came back from dinner, we found this little one on our bed!

        We visited the town of Les Andelys and climbed up to the castle of Gaillardia. 

                           Terry and my David listening about the town and castle.

 After our tour of the castle we walked around town. Here in the picture this house has a narrow opening on the 2nd floor. This is for the arrows to be shot out.

This was once an impenetrable fortress built in 1196 by the infamously Richard the Lionheart (King Richard 1) and feudal duke of Normandy back in the 12th century. This castle was to protect the Seine form King Philip Augustus of France and was built in 2 years!

This castle was special in that there was a huge moat around it but only one way in.- the draw bridge. Then inside this was another castle called the "keep"  which was connected with another bridge.  If the enemy got the keep, he got the castle.

                                                           The view from the castle

  One day after Richard was killed by Philip, a French soldier found his way into the castle via a latrine chute that led to the chapel..The castle was now under the French flag. Terry and David are sitting on the latrine listening to the guide.

                                       Here you can see our ship along the banking
    

          I stopped at a little store and bought some caramels that the town is Famous for.

                                  Here also Lived a Famous painter.Lebasque.

                   
                          We say good bye to the town and we pull out to cruise on.

 

We met Alan and Barbara on the ship and we had dinner with them about every night. We had more fun together and hope to see them sometime again.