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Normandy
Location: Normandy
Time: Quit bugging me!
The fun goes on....... WWII style!
Normandy was FUN! Full of old tanks, war museums and dune buggies! The main thing that we did was museums. We even went to a museum that sold things from REAL soldiers. I got some dog tags there with my name on them. We took a tour in a mini bus with a guy …
01/07/09
We reached Port en bessin in less than 2 hours of boring and uneventful driving and after unpacking we went to "dead man's Corner". This is a local paratrooper museum about 15km from Sainte mere Eglise. The museum is set in the very house where the German paratroopers had their CP and the displays are quite good. The gift shop is second to none as …
02/07/09
We had a slow morning as we need to be in town to catch our half day tour of some of the main sites of the Normandy beaches. First stop was Arromanche, no need to explain what happened there as it was one of the hardest fighting of the landing. Then we went to the "Pointe du Hoc", a special place for the American Rangers as they climbed the cliff …
03/07/09
Today we went out of the reservation and we went to rent a dirt buggy and a quad for one hour to drive along the dirt roads of Normandy what a scream. Everyone had a go and we all ended up covered with mud from head to toes. Laughs all around or laugh out loud is all the same. As we were planning to go and see the Pegasus Bridge we had to swing …
04/07/09
Kids decided to play golf this morning and as they have been so good since the beginning of this trip we did let them have their way even though the green fees are prohibitive. And I am not talking about clubs rental but, it ok at the end as they really enjoyed it and were spending their time in fresh air and not inside playing PSP or watching TV. …
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- Wheelchair accessibility
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