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Areas in : Arromanches-les-Bains (9) | Bayeux (36) | Caen (25) | Cherbourg (10) | Honfleur (9) | Lisieux (1) | Mont Saint-Michel (20) | Ouistreham (1) | Trouville-sur-Mer (1)

Aux sites du débarquement de la Normandie (WWII)
October 16th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux
Bonjour tout le monde !!! Nous sommes arrivé par train à Bayeux lundi en milieu daprès-midi. Bayeux est la capitale du Bessin en Basse-Normandie, une des seules villes intactes suite au débarquemen ... 15 photos [full story]

Normandy Part Trois: Balleroy, Coutances, Granville, Villedieu-les-Poeles, and Mont St. Michel
September 1st 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Mont Saint-Michel
Much to my disappointment, we awoke to a cloudy morning in Bayeux. After getting ready and packing our bags, we walked over to a nearby grocery store and then a patisserie in order to stock up on ... 128 photos [full story]

Caudebec and Honfleur
42 days ago: Silver Back Cuda published a blog
Caudebec and Honfleur
October 6th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Honfleur
Honfleur was a wonderful surprise. We took the guided walking tour with a local guide provided by UniWorld (really tio notch). After the tour, we signed up for a late bus back to the River Baroness ... 19 photos [full story]

Normandy Beaches - D Day Memorial
October 6th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Arromanches-les-Bains
Battlefields and cemeteries; whether in Normandy, Gettysburg, Washington DC or anywhere tug at the heart. It is overwhelming to look at the thousands of Crosses and Stars of Davids and think what the ... 14 photos [full story]

Normandy Part Deux: Bayeux, Caen, and the D-Day Beaches
August 30th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux
After waking up just slightly later than we had planned, we headed down to the breakfast room at La Cour Sainte Catherine around 8:45. Just as the morning before, we were the first ones to arrive ... 232 photos [full story]

Finally there!
49 days ago: Cyndi D published a blog
Finally there!
October 2nd 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Mont Saint-Michel
These pictures were taken in Bayeaux and at Mont Saint Michel Abbey on July 25 and 26. the Bayeaux tapestry is now displayed under glass, but was originally hung around the nave of the Cathedral in B ... 15 photos [full story]

Giverny, Honfleur, Rouen, and Etretat
August 28th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Honfleur
Many years ago, during the lovely years of high school, I took two years of French. Aside from learning the language, my teachers often talked about the many different geographical regions of France. ... 160 photos [full story]

Tour de Chev     Blogdays 1 and 2
66 days ago: CardiffJenks published a blog
Tour de Chev Blogdays 1 and 2
September 17th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Honfleur
Tour de Chev: Blogday 1 Wednesday 16th September So we finally set off: up at the crack of dawn heading to France for some culture: ancient monuments in Brittany, Carnac, and cave paintings in the Do ... 4 photos [full story]

The Beauty, The Battle & Bayeux
68 days ago: D MJ Binkley published a blog
The Beauty, The Battle & Bayeux
September 16th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux
Leaving Paris was not easy, but nonetheless part of the plan. We had entered this marvelous city under the cover of clouds and rain and would leave it the same way. Fortunately for us all the days ... 48 photos [full story]

D-Day experience
76 days ago: Thirsty Hurst published a blog
D-Day experience
September 8th 2009  Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux
Today was my Normandy tour day. On my way to rendezvous with the group, I went by Bayeux Cathedral. The only reason I mention it is because on the streets along the building were the flags of the wes ... 6 photos [full story]


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Jardin des Plantes in Coutances
More outbuildings at Chateau de Balleroy
Chateau de Balleroy
Chateau de Balleroy
Swiss Alps
Lake Como
Another View of Omaha Beach
German Cemetary
La Pointe-du-Hoc
Juno Beach, Courseulles
The remains of the Mulberry Harbour off Arromanches
Grave
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Toulouse
Sight To Behold
A Bridge Worth Fighting For

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