#2 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "Rouen Cathedral
For a long time now I have wanted to see Rouen Cathedral, and finally it happened.
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- "The Gothic cathedral of Rouen is very familiar-looking because it was painted so often and in so many
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#1 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "Honors U.S. Paratroop forces into Normandy in the pre-morning hours June 6, 1944. Full-size C47, Waco
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- "Open: 8:15am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 7:30pm
Since you have to go through the church to get to 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
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- "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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#22 most popular of 23 things to do in Normandy
- "I suppose it is a good tourist gimmick to have "Routes de whatever," with maps and special signs, BUT I am not sure how else you would find some of the smaller producers - a degree of caution is urged on the
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