Tag: Normandy

Le Grand Chassé Croisé de l’Eté = A Change of Plans

Several times during previous trips to France, we got caught up in horrible traffic while returning to Paris.  About the only good that had come from those experiences is that we learned the two French words bouchon (literally, a cork) and embouteillage (something bottled up), both used to describe congested traffic.  Suzie had timed our trip to Normandy to avoid a repeat experience. Unfortunately, as we were having breakfast our […]

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Omaha Beach is Peaceful and Solemn and Sad

Yesterday we visited several of the sites associated with the American invasion of Normandy in June 1944.  We didn’t know what to expect; we supposed that they would be touristy and crowded with Americans.  Much to our surprise (and delight), it was nothing like that at all. We began by driving to Omaha Beach, below the small village of St-Laurent-sur-Mer.  What we found was a long, curving, peaceful expanse of […]

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