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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