#11 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "A beautiful, high, grassy knoll above the landing zones of D-Day near Ste Mere Eglise has a monument known as 'Iron Mike,' a tribute to the many US Airborne Troops that died on 5th/6th June 1944. Possibly the…"
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#12 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "However many times I see the Bayeux Tapestry, I could see it again and notice something else. It is so…"
- "This was another 'must do' on my list that I expected would be a 'no way' for my teenage sons. But I was…"
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#13 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "On the opposite side of Caen (merely 5 minutes away by car) is Abbaye Aux Dames, founded by queen Matilde, wife of William the Conqueror. The abbey was founded in 1059, but the only part of it that still is…"
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#14 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "Rouen is one of Europe's great cities, dating back to the Norse invaders in the 10th century. It has suffered mightily at various times from fire and from war, and what now appears a medieval centre is entirely…"
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#15 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "The Seine often appears in the English imagination as though it starts somewhere around Fontainebleu and miraculously disappears not far West of Paris.
In fact, the Seine has an immensely fascinating stretch in…"
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#16 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "Arromanches was called Gold Beach during the D-Day landings and was one of the beaches assigned to the British troops. Here there are the remains of one of the two mulberry harbors built during and immediately…"
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#17 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "It is ironic that when we went to Giverny, the lily pond was being cleaned - a bit like going to see an elephant and finding it without a trunk. it was cheaper, of course, but that was really not much…"
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#18 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "This is the castle, out of all the castles in continental Europe, that English children were most likely to remember; it was made for the proud, perhaps valiant, but cruel king of England known as Richard Coeur…"
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#19 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "Honfleur is probably the nearest point to Britain, on the French coast, to have had a magnetic appeal for British tourists over a long period of time, even when such places as Nice or Monte Carlo still sounded…"
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#20 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "We headed west from Gold Beach in Arromanches, past Omaha Beach which was one of the American landing beaches, and went to Utah Beach where my father landed troops during the D-Day invasions (or Jour-J as the…"
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