Hotel Saint-Etienne Caen
2, rue de l'Academie 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
... in a tiny cottage between Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc.
We had our croissants and cafés early on Saturday morning before driving to the marshland surrounding le Mont Saint Michel. The tiny island of 42 inhabitants and a huge Gothic monastery is inaccessible during high tide. Being the Disney child that I am, I associated the Abbaye (Saint Michael's Abbey) with the castle from Beauty and the Beast. The high flow ...
EURO-RAIL Adventure - Normandy
Bill has taken three weeks leave. Lorraine and Bill are beginning tomorrow, Sunday, 17 October 2011 our three week, EURO RAIL Trail Adventure. We're taking one suitcase and will be traveling by train through France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. We have a tour set up for Monday, 18 October 2011 to visit the beaches of Normandy and the American Cemetery in Bayeux. From there, ...
Beach day!
... This part of town does something at the end of every season called "soldes". It's fantastic and wish the states would adopt the same concept. Pretty much every store (mostly clothing stores) in the city has everything way marked down. It's awesome, I'm getting some really cute clothes and jewelry for very cheap. I have bought a lot og gifts for a lot of people as well, but I dont think I have bought enough stuff for me :). So, the ...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Normandy
... help us. He tells us his name is 'Alex' and speaks little English, but we manage to tell him our predicament. Alex tells us we don't have many choices for accommodations or transportation where we are but offers to give us a ride to Caen, the capital of Normandy 45 km away where he and his girlfriend live. Additionally, more trains leave for Paris from Caen. We enthusiastically accept and before we know it, we are receiving another ride from another friendly Norman! ...



