Les Braves Memorial – Omaha Beach After our visit of the Normandy American Cemetery, we had to drive to the beach in order to see the memorial. Someone told us that you can no longer walk to the beach from the cemetery due to previous terrorist threats, requiring the area to now be blocked off. … More Normandy Omaha Beach Memorial – Part 2

Normandy American Cemetery With so much to tell you about our Normandy visits, I’ll be breaking this up in different posts. To begin our day, picking up the car at Europa car rental before heading to the Normandy beaches was an adventure. We decided we would walk to the location which was only 2 1/2 … More Another rent car, Normandy American Cemetery – Part 1

Channel Markers or Beacons at the end of the pier separate Deauville and Trouville on the Touques river Next to Deauville, actually just across the water which we estimate to be about a football field in length, is another community known as Trouville-sur-Mer. Hotel de Ville is actually the town hall. In French its called … More Trouville-sur-Mer, France

Colorful lifeguard station on the beach According to the local weatherman, we decided that if we wanted to walk around the beach, we better get a move on this morning rather than waiting until evening. The tide was out so the beach was deeper or maybe wider than normal. Storms were predicted for late afternoon. … More Exploring Deauville

Today has been a very stormy day but we did manage to get a few hours this afternoon out on the town. Colorful condos on the oceanfront. We had to pick up a few more groceries so we walked to the local Carrfour to pick up some much needed staples. Hotel in Deauville, France. The … More Stormy Night in France