Normandy
Granville and Iles Chausey
A mere 45 euros (3 hours by train) from Paris, Granville offers a relaxing antidote to the frantic pace of Deauville and its Parisian bling-bling.
Granville
A mere 45 euros (3 hours by train) from Paris, Granville offers a relaxing antidote to the frantic pace of Deauville and its Parisian bling-bling.
Les Iles Chausey
Our next day was highlighted by a ferry ride to Ile Chausey, the largest in the 52 island archipelago that once furnished granite for Paris sidewalks and Mont Saint Michel.
Honfleur
During a recent trip to Honfleur I discovered two wonderful but vastly different hotels and fabulous dinners…
D-Day and The American Cemetery at Normandy
I remember singing the national anthem, loudly, proudly, passionately feeling the lyrics, my adolescent tenor soaring over the voices of the other 6,000 students in the Brooklyn Technical High School assembly.Then there was Vietnam and most grotesquely and dishearteningly the faux patriotism in the aftermath of 9//11.
Calvados
In Normandy’s colorful, New England-like autumn, apple aromas fill the air as apples are harvested to make that potent spirit that fortifies on a frosty winter evening.
D-Day-A Suggested Itinerary
On that miserable June 6, 1944 morning 2,700 British, 946 Canadian and 6,603 Americans, men and boys (many lied about their age to join the fight) made the supreme sacrifice on our behalf. As you gaze out over the Channel please bow your head in thanks.
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