De Dieppe

I will be traveling to France, Belgium and The Netherlands to visit war memorial sites...cemeteries, battlefields and monuments as part of a "Pilgrimage of Remembrance." I feel honoured to have been selected to represent Ontario on this journey. I hope to ...

When my osteopath, Edward Jones, suggested that I needed a new target, little did either of us realise where that would lead me. Shortly after Christmas 2008 and a few weeks after that conversation Lynn and I were in Portugal when I spotted a newly ...

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Welcome one and all, and marvel as you witness history in the making! Follow the adventures of a Tenor, a Tonia and a Toddler as they explore Europe and the UK in search of culture, wisdom, and musical excellence.

Hellooo I'm just starting this whole trip now, I've got practically no money, I have no idea of to where I'm going... sound like a plan!

My Dad had a dream to visit Normandy, and the various historical sites of the Normandy Invasion otherwise known as D-Day. My Mom - well, she loves Paris, and was also interested in seeing Normandy. Me? I like France, a lot. I like history, I like to drive ...

Here is a journal of my travels throughout Europe. I am on a foreign study program through Augustana College for Fall Term. I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures!

In the beginning, it was going to be a quiet holidays learning French in Paris. But we discovered lots of amazing routes to do and traveled until we were broke...

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... . Undulating fields of light and dark green spread on each side, stretching to the horizon. We reached Dieppe in the late afternoon, and found our hotel, Hotel de la Plage, amongst the row of sea-front properties flanking a very large street that also ...

... killing 36 german soldiers and themself in the harbor jetty ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 25 I'm still in Dieppe but now at the youth hostel. It's cool, well planned, quiet and ...

... customs we headed off again.  Dieppe is one of France's oldest resorts and the closest beach to Paris  Leaving Dieppe we drove through some beautiful country sides and quaint little villages to Rouen.  This town is known in France for 2 ...

... , my mom, and I went to Rouen to see my cousin and stay at her house. This is by far my favorite city so far. And while here we took a day trip to Dieppe. Here we say an amazing market, got to see the ocean, and got to see a pretty cool castle/fort ...

... his damn french accent... I'm nearly done with my Hamlet book, which I will finish the following days. Probably while I go to Dieppe. I started to do my planning for the coming weeks about where I will go. Definitly Belgium where I will also be alone ...

... in Spain, then head north towards the coast. As we live only 5 miles from Newhaven we decided to take the ferry from there to Dieppe then drive down through France.  It took all of 10 minutes to get from our house to the ferry port – what a ...

... have had a WWII vet from Calgary in our group. He was in the Dieppe regiment and although he joined after the fighting in Dieppe he had a lot of friends who did, and many as we know didnºt return from that horrific event. He told us some interesting ...