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Sunset at La Pertuiser

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:16:37 +0000

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This is the last photo I'll be posting from our trip to Normandy, this from the Sorcerer's Cave at Pointe de la Courtine looking east at sunset toward La Pertuiser and beyond to the arch and needle of La Manneporte.

Plage des Tilleuls

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:09:23 +0000

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These are the last photos from France that I'll be posting, this from the Sorcerer's Cave at Pointe de la Courtine looking west over the Plage des Tilleuls.

Porte d'Amont

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:34:02 +0000

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This photo was taken from west of Etretat and looks east to the cliffs beyond Etretat, this promontory and arch known as Porte d'Amont. We were hiking the cliffs west of Etretat from the town to the Antifer Lighthouse. This is almost the last of my photos from France and before the week ends I'll be going on to other things.

Cliffs near Etretat

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:32:08 +0000

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This was taken just west of Etretat on the cliffs above Port d'Aval.

Normandy American Cemetery

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:29:45 +0000

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One more photo of the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer near Omaha Beach. We found the visits to the D-Day cemeteries to be deeply moving though the history of World War 2 and D-day are too little remembered today.

Normandy American Cemetery

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:27:35 +0000

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This is the chapel at the Normandy American Cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer and Omaha Beach. The cemetery has 9,388 graves of those killed on D-Day and after.

Le Molay-Littry

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:15:46 +0000

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While visiting the Bayeux area of Normandy and the D-Day beaches we stayed several nights in Le Molay-Littry. The flags are from the 80th anniversary D-Day commemorations in the town. This photo is of the town center and the others of our guest house and the market where we purchased a bottle of Calvados.

Guest House Le Molay-Littry

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:07:19 +0000

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Our guest house in Le Molay-Littry was the building with the white door and the windows on both sides of the door.

Cheeses

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:05:14 +0000

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This was part of the display of cheeses at the market in Le Molay-Littry, where we stayed for several nights. We purchased a number of cheeses but I am unable to show photos of them since they are long ago devoured.

Market in Le Molay-Littry

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:04:33 +0000

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While in the Bayeux area we stayed in Le Molay-Littry and one morning visited the open-air market there.

Calvados

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:03:51 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:48:51 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:46:13 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:49:57 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:47:16 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:40:02 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:39:31 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:03:09 +0000

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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

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:02:43 +0000

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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.

View from Pointe du Hoc

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:36:38 +0000

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Here is the view to the east from Pointe du Hoc. Pointe du Hoc is promontory on the Normandy coast overlooking the beaches that on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were code-named Omaha. The American landings there were stalled until the Army Rangers scaled the cliffs and took the fortifications there.