On the (BANKS)Y of the Orne: Street Art in Caen

The adventure continued in and around Caen, Normandy, Mont Saint Michel, and Fougeres in the North of France.

Giant mixed beasts in Caen, on the tops of giant poles, inside a Chateau.

A really sweet Jewish temple in Caen.

On the British memorial to the Royal Engineer Corp near the British Normandy Beaches. Interpretive? Mistake? Mysteries.

More Ore.

“I love you once,

I love you twice,

I love you more than

bananas and chocolat.”

Written inside a gun tower of the medieval chateau of Caen.

Found on bench in the public gardens in Fougeres.

Found in Caen directly across from the ATM.

Also in a gun tower in Caen’s medieval chateau.

I saw this running man a couple different times in France, but I can’t seem to find anything about it, because something tells me SPIFF doesn’t stand from San Pedro International Film Festival.

A faucet in the Abbey at Mont Saint Michel. Coats of arms, and early form of street art?

If this tap (from the 15th century) isn’t the oldest, this hand-carved graffiti must be. Found in the Caen medieval castle right inside the front gate.

The city hall of Caen, which hosts during the Christmas season a very cool and intense projection light show entitled (below) “Une toute petite histoire de la lumiere” – A complete short story of light.” Check out videos of this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1FT9FPFH98 because these images definitely do not do this incredible art form justice.

BONUS: L’Etudiant, the Student. Note his gaze directed into the sky, his use of a book as a foot rest, his hipster hairstyle and bow tie. THE Student may go to Georgetown.