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Day 3: Normandy
... but it was, literally, a mom-and-pop shop. So much so that they didn't speak a single word of English, they had to turn on the dining room lights for us, and the pooch of the place was begging for table scraps. We struggled through ordering mediocre food with lots of smiles and laughs on both sides, but I have to tell you, I loved it! Talk about a true French dining experience - I'd take that over an expensive ...
The D Day beaches of Normandy!
... take the train from Paris to Bayeux, a trip of just over 2 hours. Feeling fairly confident in our ability to travel 'independently' we hopped on the train, managed a change of trains in Caen and were met by our guide, William, at just after 9 am. We would spend all day, just the six of us and William, taking in as many of the sites as possible. Unlike our previous' big bus' tour we had William all to ourselves ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 3
... to be one, flat piece of land, broken up only by machine gun nests. It's strange to think that, at one point, this place was an active base filled with soldiers going about their military life; they slept here, ate here, fought here. And now, this place is a shadow of what it once was: a ruin of an event. The place it used to be whispers through the wind, over the hills, down into the craters, and through the damp concrete.
Heading back to the bus, Haley and I were ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
... it's old women laying flowers at the stones of men they still love.
Walking through the cemetery it is hard not to be overwhelmed by the shear number of gravestones, all white, all the same. I didn't realize until we got there, but all of the stones have names written on them. On each stone is the name, rank, birth place, and death date, of the person buried beneath it. For some reason, until I walked between the countless rows ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 1
A few weeks ago, 14 adventurers took off on a journey in a giant coach bus, to the chilly and coastal land of Normandy, France. Ok, really it was 12 of we AIFS students, our cultural coordinator, Jane, and a our bus driver, Jose. We began our journey at 8am on Saturday, 10/20/12, and headed north. Our first stop, two and a half hours into the trip, was the Second World War Museum in Normandy, dedicated to the lead up, event ,and aftermath of D-Day and WWII. The museum has ...
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