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Sep 14, 2009 - Deauville - Landing Beaches - Bayeux - Mont St Michel

First stop was the beaches where the allied troops landed more than 60 years ago.First stop was the beaches where the allied troops landed more than 60 years ago....

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Where is Shirley?

Sep 13, 2009 - Paris - Giverny - Rouen - Honfleur - Deauville

By to my lovely room and off out of Paris to Giverny - the very beautiful home of Claude Monet. Deauville - seaside resort - picture perfect - small boats everywhere - American film festival awards are on tonight - celebrities everywhere. ... Houses are exquisite - very snap happy with the camera.By to my lovely room and off out of Paris to Giverny - the very beautiful home of Claude Monet. Deauville - seaside resort - picture perfect - small boats everywhere - American film festival awards are on tonight - celebrities everywhere. ... Houses are exquisite - very snap happy with the camera....

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Where is Shirley?

Aug 7, 2009 - Caen & Normandy Coast

Hi All: First want to say thanks for all your great comments. Who knows, a special vintage from Champagne this time?? Our hotel here in Caen is interesting (yes you can read all the special meanings into that). ... Seems to be a favourite of the bus tour set with gobs of folks from different ethnic origins arriving at once.Hi All: First want to say thanks for all your great comments. Who knows, a special vintage from Champagne this time?? Our hotel here in Caen is interesting (yes you can read all the special meanings into that). ... Seems to be a favourite of the bus tour set with gobs of folks from different ethnic origins arriving at once....

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Jul 17, 2009 - L'arazzo di Bayeux e le spiagge del D-Day

Eccoci a Bayeux. ... Ok, Bayeux è grossa all'incirca come mezza Busalla, però intanto siamo in centro lo stesso. ... ci sei andato a fare a Bayeux?", ignoranti che siete! primo: Bayeux è un paesino bellissimo, fatto tutto di casette di pietra e di balconi fioriti; secondo: Bayeux è il posto ideale per visitare le spiagge del D-Day, infatti si trova a circa 15 min. ... dalla mitica Omaha Beach; terzo: vi è conservato il famoso Arazzo di Bayeux; Come "cosa è il famoso Arazzo di Bayeux?" !!! Il famoso Arazzo di Bayeux intanto non è un arazzo (infatti qui lo chiamano "tapisserie de Bayeux") e comunque si tratta di un telo lungo circa 70 m ed alto circa 1, completamente ricamato a mano intorno al 1070, dove si racconta la storia dell'invasione normanna dell'Inghilterra da parte di Guglielmo il Conquistatore, ed in particolare della battaglia di Hastings. ... A Bayeux ci sono però altre due cose importantissime: La Cattedrale (vedi foto) e, meglio ancora, il Ristorante "Le petit Normand", N. ...

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Jul 17, 2009 - Mont Saint Michel

Ci siamo spostati verso sud ovest, prossima tappa Mont Saint Michel.Ci siamo spostati verso sud ovest, prossima tappa Mont Saint Michel....

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Jul 16, 2009 - Partenza, direzione Bayeux

Tragitto: Genova Ovest, liguria, Italy ---> Bayeux, Basse Normandie, France Quando ho fatto il tragitto con Google maps, il sito mi ha risposto ". ... fr) e, fingendomi un boulanger di Lione, (tal Robert De Panettier) ho chiesto a Google Map France di tracciarmi la strada da Lione a Bayeux (per esigenze "de travaux", s'intende); poi mi sono iscritto a Google Switzerland (www. ... Ho notato che in prossimità del bagagliaio il tempo si rallenta in completo accordo con la Teoria della Relatività Generale, per cui ora per arrivare a Bayeux mi occorrono solo 10 ore e 23 minuti. ... Ore 16:30: Arrivo a Bayeux. ...

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Jun 4, 2009 - Honfleur

Thurs 4th June---Weather:-Sunny/23degrees Mt-St-Michel to Honfleur (188km) (2:00h) As we were leaving Mont-St-Michel this morning we found the main gate blocked as there was a medal presentation going on just outside of it. ... We have our tourist guide for the French region of our travels (Peter) to thank for the picturesque stops that we have made of late and Honfleur is another one of those. ... Honfleur is the best preserved of the old ports of Normandy and the first you come to on the eastern Calvados coast, is a near-perfect seaside town that lacks only a beach. ... We are staying at the Hotel Ibis Honfleur (we are again more than satisfied--maybe I can join their publicity team when we get back home) it is about three quarters of a kilometre away from the ‘Old Harbour’ but that is only a 15 min. ...

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Jun 3, 2009 - Le Mont-St-Michel

Wed 3rd June---Weather:-Sunny/24degrees Le petit Breuil to Le Mont-St-Michel (269km) (3:40h) One of the main tourist destinations and a world heritage site since 1997 Le Mont-St-Michel was our objective today.Wed 3rd June---Weather:-Sunny/24degrees Le petit Breuil to Le Mont-St-Michel (269km) (3:40h) One of the main tourist destinations and a world heritage site since 1997 Le Mont-St-Michel was our objective today....

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May 13, 2009 - Bayeux, France

So I'm in Bayeux, France so I can see Omaha Beach and the American Cemetary at Normandy. ... My hotel is Really beautiful.So I'm in Bayeux, France so I can see Omaha Beach and the American Cemetary at Normandy. ... My hotel is Really beautiful....

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Sep 22, 2008 - Caen, Rouen & the D-Day beaches (22-24 September)

After a bit of a false start on arriving in Caen (no accommodation booked, no map, did not know where we were or how to get to the tourist information centre, which was all solved when we picked up a wifi hotspot out the front of a maccas) we dropped off our bags and headed to the Caen Peace After a bit of a false start on arriving in Caen (no accommodation booked, no map, did not know where we were or how to get to the tourist information centre, which was all solved when we picked up a wifi hotspot out the front of a maccas) we dropped off our bags and headed to the Caen Peace Jump to full entry

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