Omaha Beach

Bayeux and the Normandy D-Day beaches

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October 11th 2011
We headed to Bayeux for the sole purpose of visiting the Dday beaches and getting the full tour. We booked a half day tour ahead of time and were told to wait outside out hotel for 8:30 am.. The driver finally showed up at about 9 due to bad traffic apparently downtown. Our driver looked 19 and fresh out of school but we had a combined age in the van of over 300 due to all the other 4 people o ... read more

Europe » France » Lower Normandy » Bayeux

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