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Can Not
Aug 17, 2007 (4 photos)

· Caen, Normandy, Northern France · GMT +1:00 hour A Bust & (another) Baguette Today, so far, has been a bit of a bust. It started as planned even if we were just an hour or so behind schedule leaving the hotel. The plan was to get to the train station ...

Closed
Aug 16, 2007 (4 photos)

· Caen, Normandy, Northern France · GMT +1:00 hour Cherbourg... move along Cherbourg has little to entice the average traveller, especially those, like us, who are entering the country. So we had decided long ago that we'd simply pass through on route ...

D-Day Overload
Aug 17, 2007 (10 photos)

· Caen, Normandy, Northern France · GMT +1:00 hour In the East, the vastness of space will... permit a loss of territory... without suffering a mortal blow to Germany's chance for survival. Not so in the West! If the enemy here succeeds... consequences ...

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Planes, Trains, Automobiles...and a Bus.
Mar 9, 2007 (3 photos)

I kind of knew Thursday was going to be a long day of travel.  I wanted to get directly to Caen, France in the Normandy region all in one shot.  My flight was scheduled via Frankfurt to Paris from Barcelona.  When I originally booked my ...

Normandy, France
Aug 4, 2008 (42 photos)

... lot of reflection to do so expect to read more.  I'm pressed for time, so if I don't get all the photos or Bungee video online right now, I will tomorrow when I have internet in Paris.  Talk to you soon!  Good night from Normandy, France!

Be warned I have a Baguette in my bag and I'm not
Mar 2, 2006

... and we ended up jumping on the train to Portsmouth. Last minute decision, but to cut a long story short, we ended up in France! The ferry over worked out cheaper than one way tickets from Cosham to London, then London back to the pub, not to mention what ...

Bastille Day
Jul 14, 2009 (3 photos)

... orchard. We met an absolutely lovely lady named Mary Bennett who is originally from Brandon Manitoba. She has spent 40 years here in France and her 5 sons are all here. It is home to her now, but she seemed thrilled to offer us some hospitality and to ...

Day 97 - Caen You Believe It?
Nov 11, 2007 (2 photos)

... through a lovely river valley shrouded in mist.  Every village I passed through was a picture postcard.  Chocolate box France through and though.  Again I was forced to stop more often than I'd planned in order to warm up.  I'm ...

Caen and The Coffin Ship
Aug 4, 2004 (5 photos)

... history sites there would be nowhere for the people to go". We camped at a campsite just a few metres from the beach. In France you do not find campsites with firepits, so thats a pity and I whined about it for days before our departure, but I willed ...

Normandy Region: The Rach and Shan Invasion
Aug 29, 2008

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Remembering D-Day
Jul 1, 2006 (10 photos)

... exhibit on the events leading up to the landing at the D-Day beaches. The rest of the day we experienced the town of Caen. This town was the first major city liberated by the British and Canadian forces. Most of the town seems new because it received ...

North France: Caen
Sep 22, 2005 (1 photos)

... conquered the area. It had many beautiful artifacts in addition to a great history behind the area's lace making and carpentry. From Caen we were off to another hostel in Pontersson. Here we ended up meeting Mandy and Paul again! We went out to ...

Visits to Two Cemeteries and a Chateau
Jul 14, 2009 (3 photos)

... were met by Mme Gondree. The cafe Gondree is located in the first house that was liberated by The Allied Forces in France. Just before midnight on  June 5, 1944 (some say after midnight...which would have been D-Day) paratroopers landed via gliders just ...

Normandy Beach
Jul 11, 2009

Today was a very moving day as we went to the memorials at Omaha Beach, the museum at Caen, France, and the National Cemebary.  We got to particpate in a very moving ceremony at the National Cemetary where four of our students were honored to lay a ...

Australian War Memorial
Jan 27, 2008

Happy Australia Day!!  And what a great day to go to a village in france that has strong tries and respect for Australia called Villiers-Bretenoux in which many streets our named after Australian cities and places and the Australian flag flies proud.& ...

D-day
Jun 16, 2009 (1 photos)

We saw a bunch of D-day museums and sites in the past few days. One point still covered with huge craters from the Allied bombing. Bridger loved running up and down them and jumping over old bunkers. It's funny that things tend to be closed more often ...

Remembering Normandy
Oct 9, 2007 (16 photos)

... writing blogs and postcards and munching on a giant bag of tiny little pain au chocolats (chocolate filled mini-croissants) from the nearby bakery, just the rest we need before heading on to Belgium tomorrow. All our best from France, Dan and Gabes

Normandy and the D-Day Beaches
Sep 28, 2005 (19 photos)

Highlights of this Entry: Mèmorial de Caen D-Day Beach Tour September 28 We came to Caen, France solely to tour the D-Day beaches of Normandy. However, the beauty of France's countryside and architecture continued to astonish us here in the north. ...

It's raining, it must be Caen
Jul 10, 2008 (5 photos)

... to watch the last couple of sets of that superb tennis match between Nadal and Fedora.   On our last day in France we returned to the city of Caen, hoping to see it in the dry.  We called at the castle built by William the Conqueror in 1050, ...

Normandy
Sep 2, 2004 (13 photos)

Elaborate WW2 Museum at Caen, but the most impressive and unmissable sights are the countless British Commonweath cemetaries and memorials throughout Normandy...as well as French, Polish and others....even German. You see the signs, or just bump into small ...

Caen
May 19, 2009 (7 photos)

... dedicated to the fallen soldiers. After the Peace Museum, they drove us to the American cemetery in Caen.  Apparently, there are only 2 U.S. military cemeteries in France, but 15 British ones.  Our guide told us that this is from the British ...

Avec Aly
Feb 16, 2006 (5 photos)

Staying with Aly in the beautiful and peaceful city of Caen. Leaving tomorrow for Spain, I cannot wait for sun any longer. I've decided to skip Madrid for now as Paris has worn me out for big cities for awhile. I will head directly for the very most ...

Normandy
Mar 9, 2008 (3 photos)

... why they call them bumpers!), I am having flashbacks to my childhood. The biggest surprise was when two of our hosts sat down for brunch to huge plates of seasoned RAW ground beef!!!! I think my mom should have been born in France- she would love it here!

Bayeux and D-Day Beaches, and Caen
Sep 21, 2005 (23 photos)

... in to stay as well and they generally got along since the French thought that the Germans were there to stay and that France was not going to be apart of Germany. We all found this very interesting since it goes against everything we ever learned about ...

First Impressions
Jul 4, 2008 (8 photos)

... group of Americans that had been there earlier).  Of course, we are in a smaller town, but it is still a story about someone in France going out of their way to help me! Today we had class from 9:00-4:00 and we're going in to town to eat dinner ( ...

It rains a lot in Normandy
Jul 6, 2008 (17 photos)

Yesterday we went to the World War II museum in Caen.  The coolest part were the 3 gardens (one for Canada, England, and the U.S.) dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the battle of Normandy.  The rest of the day was spent walking around town ...

It's also very windy in Normandy
Jul 9, 2008 (33 photos)

... someone whose only been on public transportation with someone else leading me around.  I'm a little worried about riding the train from from Caen to Paris to Cologne to Duisburg, but I think I'll be okay.  If for some reason I do miss any of the ...