Mercy! Mercy! That Dang Nabed PERCY!

Nice French Girl

The Bayeux Tapestry

As with life in general, on a trip you meet some wonderful people as well as some jerks. Since there are so many jerks here and about I tend to be dismissive about them. Why worry and be brought low by these minions of "Arsh Lochers" (a German term you can guess the meaning of…) filled with negativity and motivated only by their dark and selfish interests.

In Bayeux, France we wanted to go and see the famous tapestry that dated to around 1066. When our daughter, visited the dedication of the 82nd Airborne museum, in Normandy, she was told by a friend to visit Bayeux and see the tapestry. This relic of the past is a long, hand-embroidered piece of linen fabric, which dates to the Norman conquest of England.

In those times most people were illiterate and to maintain a historical awareness among the populous, it was produced in an English workshop (Coventry) and displayed in the Cathedral of Bayeux France. It served to remind everyone what an important event the Battle of Hastings turned out to be. So, once a year, it was displayed, depicting the battle and the priests would explain the panels, as the townspeople walked down the long display of scenes. This custom has been passed down and continues to the present.

Now I know my readers are wondering what these two photos of a girl in a well-appointed room has to do with the Bayeux Tapestry. The answer is that we were lost and couldn’t find the building where the display was located. My brother was not happy thinking we were going to some outlet mall to look at scarves and girly fabrics.

Anyway, amid the banter back and forth, Linda went off looking for directions. She walked into a hotel and this lovely French Girl told her how to get there. My wife was so taken by how nice this girl was and how her dress characterized the French phrase “Tres Chic’’ and the French appreciation of style and fashion, that she came back singing the young lady’s praises. I had to have a picture of this helpful and nicely dressed girl, so on the way out of town, after seeing the Tapestry, we stopped and took these pictures in the Hotel Lobby where she worked.