Hotel Le Maupassant Bayeux

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. <br> 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 drove past Courseulles code name Juno Beach and onto Arromanches code name Gold Beach and where the famous Mulberry Harbour was built. <br><br>The Mulberry Harbour was made by the British. Over a dozen old ships on their last voyage were intentionally sunk as the foundation of the harbours break wall. Several dozen extremely large concrete blocks which were transported across the seas ...

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 ...

... was very entertaining and energetic, and clearly passionate about his subject.<br><br>The house he lives in turns out to have an interesting history, which he wasn't aware of before he bought it. The Meuniere family lived there during the war, and there was a German officer quartered with them. This officer took a fatherly interest in the beautiful 17-year-old daughter of the family, Yvette, though she could have done without the attention. The Allies had no<br>intention of ...

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... 4. Lunch at nice cafe 5. Pont du Loc - the high ground with big guns and cliffs -- many died. Big guns had been moved and were tracked and destroyed. Two GIs blew up ammo and cement rained down. Small group of Rangers held off reinforced Germans until reinforced by Omaha group. 6. Omaha Beach -- series of mistakes, ineffective bombing, naval guns overshot defenses, beach wall stopped Americans (29th ...