Hotel La Rosiere Arromanches-les-Bains

This last weekend my program's group traveled to Normandy and Brittany. It was a very cool trip! On Saturday we drove from Paris to Caen, Normandy. We visited the Memorial de Caen, which is a museum/memorial from WWII. Caen was a city during WWII that was occupied by the Germans, and it was a major victory when the Allies were able to seize it. After Caen, we drove on to Omaha Beach to the American ...

... at each scene on the tapestry. Without it you would find it hard to depicher the story and miss the little details which bought the tapestry to life.
The town of Bayeux itself is gorgeous and miracouslouly escaped WWII bombing...even though it was only 10km inland from the D-Day beaches

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.

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.

... many. My French guide made the comment as we explored Normandy... "I may have been speaking German now to you if it were not for those that fought here." Their sacrifice affects many, and touches many... as my guide gave us the details of the American Cemetery, the Australian man next to me had to excuse himself. There is not much else to say, but, Thank you.

... for Peace. http://www.memorial-caen.fr/portail/ind ex.php?lang=EN . Not only is this rated as the best WW2 museum in the Normandy area, but it also includes free childcare! What a great idea for a museum like this. The kids love it, and we bring them with us to a couple of exhibits (9/11, the thirty minute video about the Normandy invasion, and the Hall of Fame for past Noble Peace Prize winners). I had estimated about two - three hours for the museum. We end up ...

... in to town today, we decide its best if we eat and run to allow Francois and Zelia to get ready for their friends. As we leave, we get last minute instructions from Francois on which road to take out of town, and we are treated with a view of an amazing cove featuring a large chateau isolated on a small island. Its pretty dang cool. We've been told it is unusually cold and windy for this time of year, ... we can only imagine how great a place St ...

... would be delivered in the morning. Bad news -it wasnt. Good news - we had a great hotelier that helped us try to call the AirCanada luggage line. Bad news - at 0.15 Euros/minute and 4 attempts to reach a real person, we gave up. Good news -I had a brainwave and thought to call our next hotel... it was there. Bad news -Customs (France?) confiscated the 3 bottles of perfume that we bought for Attilas family. So here we are. Anyways; despite ...

We had a marvelous continental breakfast courtesy of our hosts - coffee and tea, yogurt, brioche and crossaints before leaving at the relatively late hour of 11. Driving via St Lo I had tried to plan our day to take in as much as possible but not be too hectic. We arrived via Grandcamp Maisy to Pointe du Hoc to an overcast sky and intermittent drizzle. These sites are so simple but so ...

Arromanches D-Day Museum This morning I left Frank to sleep until 9am while I went into the lobby to write up this diary for yesterday. I met a new member of staff, Ramira a Russian who could speak Dutch so we chatted away, her in Dutch and me in Afrikaans! Frank came in for breakfast at about 9h30 then went back to the room to get ready for the day while I typed. Our hired car was delivered at 11am and ...