Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Remember D-Day June 6 1944 (part two)
Remember D-Day June 6 1944 (part two)
After our breakfast we left Rouen behind us and we headed for the Normandy beaches. Sure we could not book a hotel or such, so still had no place to sleep. Bit that did'nt bother us much as we just hoped to be lucky as we mostly are when travelling around.
Our planned route was: Rouen -> Caen -> Bayeux-> St. Mère Eglise.
But near Caen the roads became blocked and at Bayeux we turned directly to the Normady shores in the direction of Arromanches. During "Operation Overlord" this area was known as "Gold Beach"
Roads were getting even more blocked, and we saw more and more WW II Jeeps, Dodges, GMG et cetera.
We managed to enter Arromanches and even found a place to park our car not far form the main road and the beaches where the artifical port was build just after june 6th 1944, the so called Mulberry's.
We sat ourselves on a nice terrace and had a wonderful bottle of local cider. Just in front of us we could see the remains of the old Mulberry B.
We now were getting some of the spirit that was roaming over Normandy those days of remembrance, specially when we started walking down mean street and meeting all those English WW II veterans that had liberated Europe.
These old men had come to pay honour to their fallen comrades but also to celebrate the beginning of victory over an evil empire.
Photo's click here
After our breakfast we left Rouen behind us and we headed for the Normandy beaches. Sure we could not book a hotel or such, so still had no place to sleep. Bit that did'nt bother us much as we just hoped to be lucky as we mostly are when travelling around.
Our planned route was: Rouen -> Caen -> Bayeux-> St. Mère Eglise.
But near Caen the roads became blocked and at Bayeux we turned directly to the Normady shores in the direction of Arromanches. During "Operation Overlord" this area was known as "Gold Beach"
Roads were getting even more blocked, and we saw more and more WW II Jeeps, Dodges, GMG et cetera.
We managed to enter Arromanches and even found a place to park our car not far form the main road and the beaches where the artifical port was build just after june 6th 1944, the so called Mulberry's.
We sat ourselves on a nice terrace and had a wonderful bottle of local cider. Just in front of us we could see the remains of the old Mulberry B.
We now were getting some of the spirit that was roaming over Normandy those days of remembrance, specially when we started walking down mean street and meeting all those English WW II veterans that had liberated Europe.
These old men had come to pay honour to their fallen comrades but also to celebrate the beginning of victory over an evil empire.
Photo's click here
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