Arcantis Din'Hotel Caen

... there. It was beautiful, haunting, and eerie to see the sight of where the troupes landed on D-Day. When I was in the museum, I was listening to an interactive audio recording of soldier’s experiences from D-Day, and the first button I happened to push was of a soldier from Mt. Vernon, IL! What a small world. To climb down to the actual beach part of Omaha Beach took awhile. It’s ...

Next stop were we stepping back in time even further...to 1066 to be exact and the battle of Hastings which is deplicated on a 70 m piece of embroidded cloth known as the Bayeux taperstry. On entry to the tapestry you are given an audio guide which provides a running commentry on what is ...

We had a busy day ahead so we set our alarm for 7am as its still dark at that time and so getting out of bed early has not been easy. I woke to the smell of coffee brewing and scrambled eggs in bed. The deal is I drive and Kim cooks. <br><br>After breakfast we walked over to the beach and on this beautiful sunny morning we found it hard to imagine the blood shed that occurred in 1944. From ...

Arrived at Ouistreham just before dark and found an Aire de Service right on the beach and this time it was free! The downside was it was right next to the ferry terminal and the 6am ferry to Portmouth the next day was kill the tranquilo the next morning. Kim's Maison du Scooby cooked up a storm. Pork fajitas on rice - delicious. I gave it 5 stars.

The trip to Normandy was a lot to absorb. It's hard to believe, that my grandfather Kelly was there on D-Day over 60 years ago.I certainly do not think I would have survived. I am thankful he did, I wouldn't be here. Nor my mother and her siblings, my sisters, or my nieces. His sacrifice has not only affected the existence of my own life, but the daily lives ...

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... before the war(s) (since the mid-1800s), and afterward apparently went straight back to being resorts. There were casinos, cafes, tourist-trap souvenier shops, and tons of beach change-into-your-bathing-suit huts (is there a name for those?) -- all closed for the winter of course. But it was totally surreal to walk out on to the beach that's set up for swimming and suntanning and read the marker about the thousands of men whose blood was ...

... I didn't have my return train ticket back from Normandie. ****... We turned around once more and retrieved it, I was just a little embarrassed. Three hours later we made it to Normandie. This place is beautiful, everything I had imagined. The Felzine's apartment is just across the street from the beach. Agathe and I went out to dinner at a creperie and I had a French crepe for dinner. Although I love Paris, it is really nice to get out of the city ...

... views we enjoyed today. I'm very glad I had the opportunity to visit history - what a difference it makes to see it, rather than just the vaguely recalled blah-D Day-blah-blah of ancient high school history classes. And now, I am off to Brittany - to Rennes, and then a day trip to Mont St Michel. Which I am told is a tourist trap, but nonetheless, I want to see it. I'm spending two nights in Chartes, to see the famous cathedral ...

... to warm up. I'm not sure my dentist will forgive me. It's a two pronged attack: firstly I'm drinking buckets of hot sweet coffee and secondly my teeth are permanently gritted against the weather and are being worn down like a horses! Past Brive (where I tried and failed to find...well...anything really) the countryside flattened even more and I was into rolling farmland with those associated smells...some wonderful, others not so. I ...