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  • Jocelyn Cooper
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A 10-day adventure by Tige & Jocelyn. Read more
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  • Trip start
    August 14, 2026
    France

    Feings

    August 14 in France ☀️ 97 °F

    Easy travel day today for us, especially compared to the rest of the family! We headed to the airport early to try out another lounge, and after a quick flight we landed in Paris. We picked up a rental car and an AC unit for Mom and Dad and headed to Feings, arriving just in time for our first dinner with Chef Emmanuelle. It was delicious and the villa and grounds will be perfect for our time in Normandy. So good to see so many of my favorite faces in one place!Read more

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    Pool and games day

    August 15 in France ☁️ 84 °F

    We planned to head to a nearby village called Mortagne-du-Perche for their weekend farmer’s market. As we were leaving Ian and Heather discovered that their car had a flat tire, which was a total bummer. Ian kindly stayed behind and try to sort it. The owner, Nicolas, offered help, with a contact who would come to the site and repair the tire.

    We made our way to the village and it was a lovely little town with loads of fresh fruit, wine bars, cute bakeries and artisan stands. Very busy on a market day! We even saw Emmanuel there, who was prepping for our event that night. We walked around for a couple of hours and picked up groceries for lunch at the house. Not many lunches are better than fresh baguettes, French cheese and prosciutto with fresh veg and olive oil, and local fruit.

    After lunch, there was lots of swimming and hanging out. So wonderful to have everyone together, especially all of the cousins. Tige ended up teaching all of the boy cousins to play poker, so for several hours of the day you could find them crowded together playing. Not sure how excited my siblings were, but the kids enjoyed it. Mom and Elliot played cards for ages too. We had Emmanuel back and he prepared an excellent BBQ feast that was a hit across the board.    Read more

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    Bayeux and D-day tour

    August 16 in France ☁️ 79 °F

    On the road early this morning to head to Bayeux, about 2.5 hours northeast of Feings to meet our private tour. Amanda worked some magic and found us the last remaining tour with Bayeux Shuttle, so we jumped in a van big enough for 18 and headed to our first stop, the American Cemetery. It was a really special and powerful place. We let the kids watch the beach landing part of Saving Private Ryan last night so that they would have a better grasp on the magnitude and devastation of that day. The cemetery was as beautiful and sad as you would imagine it to be.

    After that we drove to Vierville-sur-Mer for a sunny lunch outside looking out at the western part of Omaha beach. After lunch we saw the ‘Ever Forward’ DDAY monument and the bunker there on the beach. We were soon back in the car to head up to Point-du-Hoc. We walked out to the historic area, passing bomb craters and German bunkers. Standing at PDH, it is difficult to imagine the bravery and determination that the army rangers had to have to climb the 100m cliff wall through constant gunfire. Inspiring for certain.

    We made a short and very sweaty stop at the DDAY museum at Omaha, then finished our tour at Omaha Beach, standing near the Les Braves monument, symbolizing fraternity, hope and freedom when the US, UK and Canadian troops joined the fight on DDAY.

    It was a very big day, and I think that we all learned and felt a lot. We made the drive back, had a quick bite and headed to bed.    Read more

    Trip end
    August 23, 2026