Honfleur, a charming French town, sits where the Seine River flows into the English Channel, in the northern part of Normandy. Founded by Vikings in the 800s, Honfleur has served for centuries as a port for trade and travel. At its heyday in the 1600s, Honfleur enjoyed a brisk business with Canada (Eh? This surprised…
Bayeux is an ancient town near the channel coast of Normandy, and it’s just a 2.5-hour train ride from Paris. You can zip here for a couple of days for a change from big city life. It’s the unlikely home of a UNESCO artwork. And it’s the perfect base for a tour of the D-Day…
Omaha Beach today is well known to those in the U.S. (especially). If you have only one day in Normandy, you may want to head right here. Do keep in mind, though, that D-Day involved five beaches. Their code names: Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword. If you can, visit all of the beaches for…
A highlight of my travels is a tour of the Normandy D-Day area behind Utah Beach in a 1942 Jeep. And you, too, can experience this! American paratroopers landed behind Utah beach in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, before the Allied assaults on the beaches began. British paratroopers landed at the east…