Omaha beach

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No bag. British Airways up to 25,000 bags lost.
Finally we are all together and in the car.
Off to Normandy, France.
The Memorial and grave site was very powerful. To stand there and try to understand and experience of these solders was pretty intense. So many have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of Northern Europe. We walked around the grounds took lots of photos and visited the bunkers on the hill side.
Al suggests we go to Mont-St. Michel, which is just about 80 Km or so from Caen. There is a castle in the middle of water there.
As we get close, you can see the castle out on the Strait of Dover which is part of English Channel. Amazing! The castle is actually a Monastery. We got to tour portion of the building and surroundings shops. We had dinner at a local restaurant on grounds of the monastery called La Mere Poulard. This restaurant is 120 years old that many famous and distinguished people had dined there. After a wonderful dinner we started to head toward Paris.
It’s getting dark and we are low on gas. We tried to find a gas station that would take our credit card but no such luck. You need some chip on your card that none of us have. We were forced to stay a local hotel in Le Cygne Hotel

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