And, back to America

Well, it's over. After 30 days, almost 4500 photos, and more time spent in trains and buses than I care to remember, I'm back in the U.S. It's been a fantastic trip. I'm going to sort through my photos and hopefully post the best of them in the next week or so. In the meantime, here's the full itinerary from my trip, for those of you who are interested in visiting France someday:

Sat, April 6 - leave Alaska, stop in Minneapolis
Sun, April 7 - arrive in Rouen (via Paris), visited panorama
Mon, April 8 - start morning classes in Rouen, orientation, botanical garden
Tues, April 9 - morning classes, visited cathedral, rented bike
Wed, April 10 - morning classes, Jean d'Arc church and tower
Thurs, April 11 - morning classes, fine arts museum, ironworks museum
Fri, April 12 - morning classes, antiquities and natural history museums
Sat, April 13 - went to Etretat, cliffs, Arsene Lupin museum
Sun, April 14 - walked to Fecamp, stopped in Yport, looked at Benedictine palace
Mon, April 15 - morning classes, ceramics museum, education museum
Tues, April 16 - morning classes, Cleres wildlife park
Wed, April 17 - morning classes, Giverny
Thurs, April 18 - morning classes, Les Andelys (Chateau Gaillard, Nicholas Poussin museum)
Fri, April 19 - morning classes, Flaubert museum, Basilica, returned bike
Sat, April 20 - Mont Saint-Michel; Saint Malo
Sun, April 21 - Saint Malo to Brest
Mon, April 22 - started morning classes in Brest, Brest orientation
Tues, April 23 - morning classes, Oceanopolis
Wed, April 24 - morning classes, fine arts museum, National Maritime Museum, Tanguy Tower
Thurs, April 25 - morning classes, Le Conquet beach
Fri, April 26 - morning classes, botanical garden, Ironman 3
Sat, April 27 - Ouessant
Sun, April 28 - Brest to Rennes, with afternoon at Carnac
Mon, April 29 - Broceliande tour
Tues, April 30 - Lac de Guerledan
Wed, May 1 - Rennes exploration
Thurs, May 2 - Rennes to Paris to Prague
Fri, May 3 - Prague tour

Sat, May 4 - art museums, Kafka museum.

Sun, May 5 - Prague, return to Paris

Mon, May 6 - Paris to Portland (via Brussels and Atlanta).