Discovering Normandy
highlights: Deauville, Trouville; Deauville Beach; Chêne d’Allouville (the hollowed out tree struck by lightning within which a chapel was built); Etretat, the place where Monet and other artists were inspired; Honfleur, the city from which many of the Quebecois first sailed; Rouen, where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake; Bayeux and the Bayeux tapestry; The D-Day Landing Beaches, Gold Sector; Shaking hands with an English veteran from the war; The Batterie de Longues; La Pointe du Hoc; The American Cemetery and the lowering of the flag.
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Deauville Hotel |
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Casino in Deauville |
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The beach at Deauville |
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The Fish Market at Trouville |
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La Chêne d’Alluviale |
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“To our Lady of Peave, erected by Father L’Abbé of the Detroit Parish in Allouville, 1696. |
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On top of the cliffs at Etretat |
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Chapel above the cliffs at Etretat |
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Etretat |
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Loving the translation here hahahaha “Lands lides” |
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Honfleur |
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Pont d’Audemar |
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The oldest Auburge in France, circa 1300s |
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The Notre Dame Cathedral in Rouen |
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The Cathedral at Bayeux |
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The actual Bayeux Tapestry |
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Arromanches, les plages du débarquement |
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Pieces of the Floating Port still survive |
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An English war Veteran |
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Les Batterie de Longues |
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Bomb holes, aka Liberation Holes |
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Point du Hoc |
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From inside the Bunker |
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