Sept 6 Omaha Beach and the American Cemetary

Sept 5 - Les Villes d' Arromanches and Port Mulberry

Mulberry Harbor at Arromanches.  You can still remnants of the old outer harbor caissons ( B) used as breakwater.   (C) is part of the floating docks or roadways used to unload cargo.  (A) is one of the many German gun emplacements that had to captured before the docks could be built.  A similar harbor was built at Omaha Beach, but was mostly destroyed in a storm, three weeks after D-Day

A few weeks after D-Day

 

Sept. 4 Pick up the car, Monet's Garden, Honfleur

We had to take a shuttle back to Charles DeGalle Airport.  ( This is a realllllllllly big airport, so make sure you have your walking shoes on, a map and lots of time to make a connection)  Rick drove and I navigated.  If it wasn't for my GPS, we would have still been going around in circles.  We drove to Vernon, and Monet's Garden.  It was full, but didn't seem to crowded, if you weren't a landscape photographer. 

Rick and Pam

The harbor in Honfleur

Sept 3 Sacre Coeur and Arc de Trumph

Today was souvenir day.  The ladies bought and the boys carried. 

Trying to figure out which one should be carrying bags now.

One of the street bazaars on the way to our next sight-seeing spot.

Funicular train to get you up the hill.  Very nice when your legs are ready for a rest

Sacre Coeur Church.   A very beautiful cathedral and pretty busy for a Wednesday.

Find Rick and Pam

View from the stairs at Sacre Coeur Church.

We walked about 25 minutes from our apartment up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Trumph.  The road goes around the monument in a gigantic round about.  I can attest that French drivers are not timid and motorcyclist are not faint of heart.  I was standing in a crosswalk island about 4 feet wide, but I needed the picture.

View from the top of the Arc de Trumph, looking down the Champ Elysees.

Looking at Sacre Coeure Church.

Effie Tower from the Arc de Trumph