We overnighted in Caen and the next day we vistied Omaha beach, one of the points of the Allied invasion the 6 of june 1944 - the D-day. We continued to Point du Hoc and the American cementary in Colleville-sur-Mer. We had dinner in Arromanches and the last stop before turning home was Douvres-la-Délivandre and the German radar station.
Will absolutely go back to Normandie!
Pont de Normandie, bridge over Seine linking Honfleur to Le Havre - when it was bulit in the late eighties this bridge was the longest cabel-stayed bridge in the world, not longer though
Caen
Château de Caen built by Wilhelm the conqueror 1060 - one of the largest castles in western Europe
St-Etienne
We found a cozy street with a Crêperie, perfect!
Remember Omaha, at Omaha beach. 'To those brave men'
Early in the morning, cold and windy...
The sun breaking trough the clouds, wonderful day
"1st US infantry division
No mission too difficult
No sacrifice to great - duty first!
Forced Omaha beach at dawn 6 June"
"The allied forces ladning on this shore which they call Omaha beach liberate Europe-June 6th 1944"
Pointe du Hoc, a cliff top west of Omaha beach. The site is speckled with bomb craters after the allied invasion of Normandie
One of many german bunkers
The monument of Pointe du Hoc below - you can see it far away in the picture above
Thick, reinforced walls and roofs to protect the soliders inside the bunker
Normandy American cemetery and memorial, sits on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, very beautiful
Perfect straight lines no matter from which side you look
Ceiling of memorial chapel
"Spirit of American youth"
Cows on the run!
Moules mariniéres in Arromanches
The concrete blocks on the beach of Arromanches are remainings of the Mulberry Harbour - a portable harbour developed by the british to facilitate rapid offloading of cargo on the beaches during the invasion of Normandy
German air-detection radar in Douvres-la-Délivrande, last stop before turning home
