Manoir des Doyens Bayeux

... there. It was beautiful, haunting, and eerie to see the sight of where the troupes landed on D-Day. When I was in the museum, I was listening to an interactive audio recording of soldier’s experiences from D-Day, and the first button I happened to push was of a soldier from Mt. Vernon, IL! What a small world. To climb down to the actual beach part of Omaha Beach took awhile. It’s ...

... 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

... Britain along with steel floating docks. These docks provided the gateway for suppliers from Britain to France. The idea was masterminded by Churchill and it was an engineering first and still mind blowing all these years later. Not knowing much about D-Day the excellent 6 June 1944 museum situated right was shore proved to be extremely informative and a history lesson that we will not forget.

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 ...

... 8221; noise. When I told the lady at reception (using my best French, which she understood ... yay, me!), it turned out that she had to turn on my phone line. So I made my<br>call, and when the man asked for my room number in Paris, I had to tell him that I didn't know because I'm not in Paris. He was very casual about it and said I should call sometime tomorrow when I know my room number. So I had gotten all anxious about the call for nothing (and wound up paying the hotel 1 ...

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... br>looked as a reminder that these people really appreciated the blood<br>the Americans left on their soil <br><br><br><br><br>Alain had met many of the soldiers he<br>used in his dialogue and it was apparent that he viewed them as rock<br>stars, pointing out that no D-Day veteran paid for taking his tour as<br>he said they already paid on that day in 1944. A very moving day and<br>was one of the highlights of the trip.<br><br><br><br>Our tour ended in Bayeux ...