LE HAVRE

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What a funny day we have had today! Docked at 7.00.a.m. off straight away to car hire place in terminal - 5 of us renting a car - but guy didn't turn up til 8.00a.m. John said that would be right these frogs don't give a shit about anyone but themselves. Got our Nissan Duke to head down to Normanby and Honfleur on the way back. Car OK but GPS we had to hire for 15 Euro didnt stick to the window and the volume wouldn't work - so back into hire place - to get money back - John fuming! So Greg helped navigate giving John the verbal instructions - only got off the wrong spot twice - had to pay a couple of tolls that we need not have had to but thems the breaks. Got down to Normanby about 10.00-10.30 went to Omaha Beach (freezing cold wind)the visited the museum and then onto the American war cemetery which was just beautifully looked after - the French gave them this land to make the memorial. Called into Caen to a little brassiere and had lunch - no one could speak English and between the five of us we couldn't speak much french - but the plat de jour did the job with a glass of vin rouge - the mussels were yummy! Then onto Honfleur which is a gorgeous little town about 1/2hr out of Le Havre - lots of 3 storey buildings, restaurants, shops with cobblestone streets surround a cute little harbour -saw Craig's boat there?? had a good walk around, had a coffee then continued back to the ship. Filled up with gas and Greg nearly put petrol in the diesel car - that would have been real handy seeing as the excess was 1000 Euro. Anyway all ended well and we had a really lovely day.

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Photos

OMAHA BEACH
D Day Landing Site

NORMANBY
American cemetery

Normanby
American Memorial

HONFLEUR
Lovely little harbour

HONFLEUR
?Craigs boat