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The Falaise Gap
This Monday morning was a beautiful, bright, perfect summer day. We left our Ibis hotel in Bretteville-sur-Odon, just on the outskirts of Caen, heading south on the N158 to Falaise. The Battle of the Falaise Gap was our main focus this day, especially the role of the Canadian 4th Armoured Division/10th Infantry Brigade, due to …
1066 to 1944
Our day began with a drive back to Bayeux, a quick McDonald's breakfast, just to fill the void, and a plan to see the Bayeux Tapestry and Cathedral, WWII Cemetery and Memorial, and whatever else we could absorb on a Sunday in August in France! I loved the statue of Eisenhower as we entered the vicinity of Bayeux – striking!
The …
Marche de Port en Bessin et retour..
Ce matin le reveil est difficile, mais nous devons aller a Port en Bessin acheter de la creme fraiche et des camemberts au marche. Puis Steph et Sam doivent aller chercher leurs noix de St Jacques a Courseulles. Ils nous deposent, Ced et moi, en chemin.
Nous faisons alors le menage, ...
Caen: Walking in the Footsteps of Excellence
... was so much to see that I only got to see the Medieval sights. Which is fine with me, because it gives me an excuse to go back.
I took the train to Caen. It only took a little over an hour. At the train station I bought a 24 hour bus/tram ticket for only 3 euros. It allowed me to take the bus and tram with unlimited access all over the city. I figured this would come in handy. And I was right: it did. And in the train station I met a very nice girl from ...
Jim's Day 1
... not it let them get me down. We had brekky in the ferry, egg and beans on toast for me, full English for the others and were that last ones off the boat. We set off for what was set to be a relatively easy day to ease us into the trip (about 45 miles supposedly). We cycled a few miles up a dual carriageway to our first left turn. By now it was already ******* it down and my not so 'waterproof' was already soaked through. We ran into a local ...