Novotel Caen Cote de Nacre

... steep to get down to the shore, it&#8217;s hard to imagine how difficult the soldiers had it. Seeing the sight at Omaha Beach really made me feel proud to be an American. After the beach, we drove onward to Saint-Malo, which is on the coast, and is a walled city. We stayed at a cute little hotel, similar to a B&amp;B and had dinner at a nice restaurant, too bad I ordered my steak too rare&#8230;<br>

... 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

We had a busy day ahead so we set our alarm for 7am as its still dark at that time and so getting out of bed early has not been easy. I woke to the smell of coffee brewing and scrambled eggs in bed. The deal is I drive and Kim cooks. <br><br>After breakfast we walked over to the beach and on this beautiful sunny morning we found it hard to imagine the blood shed that occurred in 1944. From ...

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 ...

... predominant and identifiable by the maple leaf on their marker. This cemetery is just one and we visited another today, Bretteville sur Laize is also a big cemetery with thousands of war dead and it is not far from Beny sur Mer...when I say it is not far, it is hard to say exactly how far as I do not have a map in front of me at the moment, but I can tell you, we visited Beny in the morning and Bretteville in the afternoon, after several other stops including Verrieres Ridge and ...

... has stayed on previous trips. The Abbay is famous b/c 21 Canadian prisoners were lined up and shot by the German 12th Panzer SS division as the Canadian forces approached the Abbay. It's taken a while, but I'm finally craving some American food. Even the meals like pizza or pasta taste a little different than in America, but I did have some Chinese food today that reminded me fondly of home :)

... Germans had their headquarters during the Normandy invasion. The German bunkers now house a permanent exhibit on Nobel Peace Prize winners. It overlooks a memorial garden to Allied troops, which includes a moving rock wall tribute from US states to American soldiers who died during the invasion. The Museum operates its own tours, in English and French, to the Normandy beaches. Tapestries and beaches One place not to be missed is the near-by village of ...

... it was about half the price of a dorm bed in Paris, definitely the upside of getting out of the big cities. We settled in then headed into town to book a rental car and pick up maps for our planned trip to the beaches the next day, then got a take-away dinner of fresh cannelloni pasta and hot pizza from a local patisserie and ate a picnic dinner on the grass in front of the imposing centuries-old fortress. We got an early start the next day, grabbing fresh ...