Arcantis Din Hotel Caen
98 Boulevard Yves Guillou Caen, Basse-Normandie, Normandy, 14000, France
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Nothing Like Being There
... them in video or photographs. . Imagine getting off of a ship carring pounds of gear; finding yourself in water up to your neck and being shot at from cliffs. If you made it to the beach, you would have to somehow make it across a beach wider than several football fields while dodging bullets, land mines and other obstacles. On June 6, 1944, 2500 American soldiers died on Omaha Beach, ...
Normandy
... was a cloudy, gloomy day--appropriate for the somber visit--when we went down to the shores of Omaha Beach. After watching a brief documentary about the D-Day invasion and reading about the destruction that took place there over seven decades ago, it was eerie to walk along what is now a very calm, deserted beach. I just about lost it reading the hopeful letters the young, American soldiers sent home; and seeing the ...
EURO-RAIL Adventure - Normandy
... B operator met us at the train station taking us to the lodging.
One of the greatest parts of our visit to the beaches of Normandy was seeing Bill's father's ship itched into marble on a large Navy memorial at Utah Beach. Bill's father, James Edward Maloney, was aboard the USS SUSAN B. ANTHONY during the invasion of Normandy. During the invasion his ship was sunk ...
WW2 sites and museums Part 1
... up on the hill with some bunkers still on show and able to go inside they are buried to a depth of about 4 metres and overlook the site towards the sea. Spent a bit of time there as it was so captivating and beautiful.
We decided to continue our trip this afternoon and head towards Juno beach this area is where the Canadians landed in June 1944. On the way Alex spotted his first Maccas and so we decided to stop for a ...
Busy day
... and saw an exhibit opening there. Students portraying their art for this session, which all had to do with a central theme, which was issues in the Middle East. It was pretty interesting. They had booze so I thought why not. We stayed there for about an hour or so, now I'm back in my dorm. Most likely going to snack a little, and go to bed early. Lots of walking. Anyway I will most likely write again after my Paris trip. Bonsoir! ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Arcantis Din'Hotel



