Today we moved a bit east on the Normandy coast. Last night we were in Viereville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. Tonight we are just inland from Gold Beach, one of the Allies landing sites, and Arromanches, where the British built a massive artificial harbor.
This morning we went back to Trévières where we had breakfast yesterday and went to the same boulangerie for our pastries, then got our coffee at the same bar. In my opinion breakfast in France is one of the highlights of traveling here.
We checked out of our hotel at 11:00 then walked a bit.
Next we drove a mile up the road to the primary Omaha beach monuments.
Then we went to see the Bayeux Tapestry. It’s been on my bucket list for a long time. It’s kind of an embroidered comic strip 70 yards long, created to tell the story of the Norman invasion of England, and the battle of Hastings in 1066. It’s almost 1000 years old! I thought it was fascinating. You aren’t allowed to take pictures of the tapestry.
We had a picnic lunch outside of Arromanches. Our picnic table was next to the road. We watched a steady stream of bicyclists pedaling up the hill. At least 3 different cyclist said “bon appetite!!” as they passed our picnic. It was great!
Our final stop of the day was the D-Day Landing museum in Arromanches. It tells the story of the massive artificial port that the Allie’s built off the coast at Arromanches. I knew they built an artificial port but I had no idea of the scale and what an inprssive engineering feat it was to build.
We are staying at La Ferme de la Rançonnière near Arromanches. It is a wonderful place. We had an excellent dinner in their restaurant tonight.
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