Manoir Au Pont Rouge
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Marche de Port en Bessin et retour..
... aller manger comme toujours a Arromanches a l'hotel en face du musee, mais les gars sont pas motives.. Donc on range tout, on nettoie, et on part...
Sur le retour on s'arrete chez Ludo pour boire l'apero..
Puis on rentre... Avec Jules on mate un film...
Coucher pas trop tard..
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A cathédrale and a reeeeally old rag
... Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry.
The museum basically revolves around one tapestry which is ancient and shows the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England. It is quite impressive to see and is actually really long. We were given a little hand held tape recorder thingy that told us the story of the tapestry.
After admiring the tapestry and watching a short movie about the Norman conquest ...
Discovering Baueux
... during WWII and today is crammed with 13th to 18th century buildings. Of course this gives the town a lot of character.
While we were walking around we noticed the sky getting very dark and heard a few rumblings as well. Just as well we went into the Cathedral because it came down in bucket loads and lots of lightning and thunder. We hid nicely in the church during this time. A safer place ...
D-Day Beaches - Great day!
... strange, but there it is.
The last stop was the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha. Here, Eric lets us explore on our own. The perfectly aligned rows of white crosses and Stars of David put a poignant endpoint to what we saw this day – they represent the fellow soldiers of our fathers – the ones who didn’t make it home and in another way, how the ones who did were no doubt changed in the process.
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Bayeux Bound - Between Gold and Omaha Beaches
... want to snoop around and find those quaint nooks and crannies that make travel to a "new" place such fun, this is your place. If you want to see an absolute masterpiece in its glory, this is the place. If you want to experience the Normandy conflict from the location smack in the middle of the action - Gold Beach- (Utah and Omaha beaches to the west with Juno and Sword beaches to the east), this is the place. Or if you want to travel the 7 or 8 kilometres ...
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