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    • TravelerEUROPE
      Day 38–41

      Day 35 and 36

      September 25, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Day 35 - we did a walking tour of Rouen where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431. We visited the Joan of Arc church. At La Couronne restaurant, the oldest restaurant in France they serve "pressed duck" where they squeeze the duck blood and make it into a sauce. Yuk. This restaurant has a Michelin star rating.

      Video 1 - view from boat on the river Seine
      Photo 1 - commemorative plaque where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
      Photo 2 - stained glass in Joan of Arc church
      Photo 3 - La Couronne restaurant
      Photos 4 and 5 - Rouen

      Day 36 - we started by visiting the Tapestry in Bayeux. The tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 cm tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England led by William the Conquerer challenging Harold II, King of England.

      Photo 6 - Bayeux Museum
      Photo 7 - the Tapestry (no photos allowed inside)
      Photo 8 - Viking boat replica

      From there we went to Juno Beach where the Canadian contingent of the D Day landing came ashore on 6 June, 1944.

      Photo 9 - German gun bunker that were placed every 500 metres along the Normandy Beach
      Photo 10 - concrete obstacles made by the Germans and placed in the water to prevent the landing boats coming ashore
      Video 2 - Juno Beach, Normandy

      Next stop was the Pegasus Bridge Museum. The original bridge was removed and put in the museum grounds and a replica bridge was constructed in the original location. The taking of this bridge is still regarded as one of most daring and successful aviation missions of World War 2. The gliders carrying 25 soldiers each were used at night so that they could land undectected as the bridge needed to be taken in tact.

      Photo 11 - original Pegasus Bridge
      Photo 12 - replica glider

      Our final stop was at the Ranville War Cemetery where John and I placed a wreath provided by Viking Cruises at the foot of the only two Australian airmen buried there. The Australian National Anthem was then played and a minute's silence observed.

      Photo 13 - wreath laid in Ranville War Cemetery      Read more

    • TravelerBretagna e Normandia
      Day 8

      I luoghi dello sbarco in Normandia

      August 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Iniziamo dalle spiagge dello sbarco delle truppe americane, Utha beach e Omaha beach, dove visitiamo il piccolo Museo del memoriale. Ci sono tantissimi musei, memoriali e reperti storici anche lungo la strada che collega i diversi luoghi d'interesse. Ero già stata qui nel 2003 e trovo che adesso sia tutto troppo "turistico". Il giro in auto sulla jeep militare, i ristoranti con i carrarmati...🤐
      Personalmente non la trovo una bella cosa...ma è solo la mia opinione.
      Proseguiamo verso Saint Mére Eglise, un piccolo borgo in cui, nella notte tra il 5 e il 6 giugno 1944, si lanciarono diverse dozzine di paracadutisti americani. Il soldato John Steel rimase appeso per due ore sul campanile della chiesa, prima di essere fatto prigioniero dai tedeschi. Tuttavia, riuscì a fuggire per tornare in Inghilterra.
      Proseguiamo verso Point du Hoc, diventato famoso nella storia del Novecento per la battaglia svoltasi all'alba del 6 giugno 1944, tra le truppe scelte dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti e le forze tedesche.
      Nel 2003 i segni dei bombardamenti erano molto più evidenti ed era possibile camminare liberamente tra i crateri. Oggi, per preservare l'ambiente e rallentare il deterioramento del tempo sui resti della battaglia, è stato creato un percorso obbligato. È ancora possibile visitare i bunkers tedeschi.
      Da Point du Hoc ci rechiamo al cimitero americano, un luogo suggestivo dove si realizza la drammaticità degli eventi del 1944. Una distesa infinita di croci bianche ci ricorda in quanti persero la vita combattendo per la libertà.
      Concludiamo il nostro tour con la spiaggia di Arromanches, luogo di sbarco degli inglesi, in cui sono ancora visibili i pontili del porto artificiale creato dalle truppe alleate, conosciuto anche come Port Mulberry.      Read more

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    • Switzerland & France
      Day 10

      Omaha Beach & Normandy American Cemetery

      October 22, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F

      This morning, we set off to visit the Normandy Beaches, the site of the allied forces' amphibious landing that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany and led to the end of WWII.

      Our first stop was Omaha Beach, which, along with Utah Beach, was assigned to the American forces.

      We also toured the Normandy American Cemetery, the final resting place of so many young men who gave their lives to ensure our freedom.      Read more

    • TravelerTour de France
      1
      Day 2

      2. Etappe - Omaha Beach

      August 17, 2020 in France ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Heute sind wir entlang der Küste weiter in Richtung der Normandie gefahren. Zwischendurch gab es - trotz des nicht so beständigen Wetters - traumhafte Ausblicke auf die schroffe Steilküste . Wirklich beeindruckend.

      In dem Örtchen Veules-les-Roses legten wir eine kleine Pause ein. Auch hier konnten wir wieder einen Blick auf die weißen Kreidefelsen ergattern. Von dort aus fuhren wir weiter bis zu unserem heutigen Ziel: Omaha Beach. Ab jetzt heißt es erst mal zwei Tage campen. Nach ca. 40 Minuten war tatsächlich alles aufgebaut. Wer hätte das gedacht?! So hatten wir noch genug Zeit um den Ausblick von unserem Campingplatz zu genießen. Sogar ein kurzer, dennoch erholsamer Strandspaziergang war noch möglich. Da wir von unserem Platz aus einen direkten Zugang zum geschichtsträchtigen Strand hatten, waren wir in nur zwei Minuten am Meer. Traumhaft!

      Den Abend ließen wir dann noch gemütlich mit leckerem, auf unserem Gaskocher selbst zu bereiteten Essen und natürlich einer Flasche Wein ausklingen. Mal abwarten, wie die erste Nacht im Zelt so werden wird 😄      Read more

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    • France’s Finest
      2
      Day 6

      Omaha Beach

      September 23, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌧 61 °F

      The beaches where the Allies landed on June 6, 1944 occupy sacred ground. One can only imagine the feelings of the nineteen and twenty year old men who jumped from the landing craft on that summer morning. Most expected to die on those beaches. In the first wave most did. Some did not even make it out of the landing craft. The weather today was raw—30 mph gusts blowing sand into your eyes. The temperature is a chilly, wet and windy fifty-five degrees. Yet the rain and wind today made for conditions similar to those experienced by the GI’s in 1944. Over nine thousand young Americans lie sleeping on the cliff they captured from Germans of the same age in 1944. Yet these patriots sleep in American soil. The French government gave these 170 acres to the United States in 1965 to say “thank you” for the permanent sacrifice of these young men and the four young women nurses who still lie here. They gave their lives because they believed that people should live in freedom rather than tyranny. Being here reminds me again of the cost of freedom. It also reminds me that America cannot be great unless she is good. I hope she still is.Read more

    • Paule2016 Roadtrip durch Irland
      Day 29

      Pause am Omaha Beach

      August 15, 2016 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Wir bekommen nach hause 15 Minuten. Warten dann von dem Franzosen unser Abschleppseil wieder und fahren einige Kilometer. Das Navi zeigt bis Köln 780 km. Trotzdem machen wir einen Abstecher uns setzen uns noch eine Weile an das wunderbare Wasser. Hier wäre ich baden gegangen, aber es drückt uns die Zeit. Ausserdem ist es ja jetzt nicht. Mehr der Atlantik sondern der Ärmelkanal 😉Read more

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    • TravelerNorthern France Road Trip
      Day 2

      Bayeux military cementry

      August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      An essential part of the girls education and they were really intrigued by all the different regiments and from all the different corners of the world that men and women came together to fight a common enemyRead more

    • TravelerViking France Cruise 2018
      Day 6

      Omaha Beach

      October 7, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

      Omaha was the most difficult of the D-Day beaches to assault. Nicknamed “Bloody Omaha,” nearly half of all D-Day casualties were suffered here.

      There are two memorial statues in the center of the beach:

      The older memorial is from 1949. Built by thankful French, it was funded by selling scrap metal after the war and honors the two assaulting divisions, the 29th and 1st. A striking modern metal statue (The Braves, 2004) rises from the waves in honor of the liberating forces and symbolizes the rise of freedom on the wings of hope.      Read more

    • Sonja, Stefan Sommerferien19
      Day 4

      Die Helden der Normandie

      August 3, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Neuer Tag an der Normandie und dritter Reisetag. Wir haben herrlich geschlafen in unserer Unterkunft la Sapiniere (http://www.la-sapiniere.fr) und geniessen dabei, dass wir eine Terrasse und einen Gartenbereich haben, in welchem Jack herumtoben kann.

      Gestern Abend hatten wir noch einen Verdauungsspaziergang in das ca. 15 Minuten entfernte Saint Laurent sur Mer gemacht. An den Strassenlaternen welche die Strandpromenade säumen wurden Fotos einiger amerikanischer Soldaten des D-Day aufgehängt welche so gewürdigt werden. Zweifellos haben sie und all ihre Kameraden Grosses vollbracht, indem sie einen westentlichen Teil zur Bekämpfung des Faschischsmus beigetragen haben. Sonja und mir wird dies noch stärker bewusst, als wir am heute das Omaha Beach Museum besuchen. Es beinhaltet einen 20 minütigen Film und zahlreiche Relikte aber auch gute Nachbildungen der 1944er Jahre.

      Entlag der Küste, etwas weiter im Landesinnern besuchen wir eine Apfelfarm, die Cider, Calvados und andere Spezialitäten produziert. Die Familie und die Mitarbeitenden des Betriebes bieten Rundgänge durch die Produktionsstätten an. Ein wunderschöner und nicht überteuerter Laden mit lokalen Produkten, weiss zu überzeugen.

      Wir relaxen noch auf unserem Balkon und geniessen die milden Temperaturen.
      Wir sind dankbar das unser Aufenthalt so angenehm ist auch dank den Leute in unserem Hotel, die stets herzlich sind und uns eine super "Auszeit" bescheren - oder auch die junge Frau, welche uns über die Apfelfarm geführt hat.

      Und wir haben uns und geniessen dies wahrhaftig ❤      Read more

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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Vierville-sur-Mer, ヴィエルヴィル＝シュル＝メール, Вьервиль-сюр-Мер, Вєрвіль-сюр-Мер, 滨海维耶维尔

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