Tuesday, October 18 we left Bayeux and started the drive to Lille. We stopped in Honfleur on the way. It’s a beautiful harbor town, and like Bayeux did not get bombed during the war. The town has been inspiring painters for years. When we arrived and walked by the harbor a fishing boat had just come in with their large haul of scallops. We stopped to watch the process of getting them from the boat to the refrigerated truck.

We walked around the harbor and some side streets. This is a great town and I wish we had more time for it.

One big challenge we have been facing is that gas for the car is in short supply due to refinery strikes. The French love to strike. We haven’t had too much trouble finding gas, though we have seen stations that don’t have any. It got worse as we traveled north. Our luck was about to change. We filled up at about 3/4 tank to stay as full as possible. We weren’t too far from Lille and stopped to top off the tank before returning the rental car. The station had gas, but declined both of our credit cards. I don’t know why because we have used them since. We couldn’t find another station with gas, so we had to return it with only 3/4 tank of gas. There no telling how much they will charge us for it. I took a picture to verify the fuel gauge. Bye bye Fiat 500.