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31 Jan 2025
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Calvados
Calvados is the brandy for which Normandy is famous. We purchased a bottle at the market in Le Molay-Littry, one of the places we stayed while touring Normandy and the D-Day beaches.
Light Show
The first evening we were in Bayeux (from our guest house in Le Molay-Littry) we watched the light and music show at Bayeux Cathedral. We did not know about the show, but were passing the cathedral on our way to our vehicle when it was starting and stayed to see it all.
Bayeux Cathedral
After wandering around Bayeux and finding a place for our evening meal, we headed for our car, only to find a light show starting at the cathedral.
Pointe de la Courtine
Hiking the cliffs from Etretat to the Antifer Lighthouse (just visible at the top left) was one of the high points of our trip to Normandy last summer. This photo was taken from the cliffs above La Manneporte with Pointe de la Courtine and the Sorcerer's Cave ahead.
Antifer Lighthouse
Our first full day in Normandy we hiked the cliffs from Etretat to the Antifer Lighthouse. This is the lighthouse from across the fields.
Reflecting Pool
This is the reflecting pool at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. The cemetery is located above Omaha Beach and contains 9388 graves. The photo looks across the pool to the graves area and the chapel.
Normandy American Cemetery
The Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer above Omaha Beach is beautifully kept and a wonderful resting place for those who died on D-Day and after. There are 9,388 burials in the cemetery with a few being added from time to time when remains are discovered.
Mulberry Cassions
These are some of the concrete caissons used on D-Day and after to form an artificial harbor and piers at Arromanches. The caissons were towed across the English Channel and sunk to form the artificial harbor code-named "Mulberry." The harbor was later wrecked by a storm but part of it can still be seen out at sea and on the beach at Arromanches. Several parts are visible on the horizon just above these beached caissons.
Arromanches-les-Bains
Taken from the beach at Arromanches, where we walked the beach and took photos of the remains of the artificial harbors know as Mulberries, used on D-Day and after.
