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Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux September 19th 2009

We took the Omaha-Utah full day tour given by Overlord Tours. Our guide, Alain Chesnel has a passion for the events of the liberation (his father had been a resistance fighter) and he took us to many sites unavailable to the general public. On such a beautiful day in the green meadows and wide beaches, it was hard to imagine the horror and bloodshed of those times but Alain made history come alive for us. We got back in town in time for a stroll through the town and then a delicious dinner in a restaurant near the cathedral, Le Pommery.... read more
Longues-sur-Mer Battery
Le Pommery

Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux September 18th 2009

Flew in from NYC to CDG, pick up rental car and drive out to the coast. Check into the Churchill Hotel in the middle of Bayeux, within walking distance of the cathedral and the tapistry museum. Take a walk around the beautiful town with it's flowery canals and charming little lanes, and then have a nice dinner at La Fringale before heading for bed.... read more
Bayeux




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