Day 8 (Saturday): To Bayeux in Normandy
Pause for Drinks and a Snack at Restaurant l’Omaha
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Pause for Drinks and a Snack at Restaurant l’Omaha
From the D-Day Monument it will be a short walk to l’Omaha Restaurant for a drink and snack at an outdoor table before you call a taxi to take you “home” to Bayeux. Walk away from the beach for 2 minutes, turning right on rue du 116eme Regiment USA. Pause here for a well-needed break to enjoy the wonderful view from the terrace, and to process all you have seen and experienced today. The local cider served here is made right up the road, and is very good. Taxi Back to Peaceful BayeuxCall a taxi to pick you up at Restaurant l’Omaha for the 12-mile drive back to peaceful Bayeux. Make an effort to engage your driver in conversation on the way. He may have an interesting viewpoint, or even family memories and stories, to add to your day. After such an intense day, make it a point to treat yourself to some lounging time, and maybe a walk along the river, during your free time before dinner. Dinner at La Rapiere in Old TownYou have reservations for a relaxing dinner at La Rapiere on the pedestrian street (53 rue St. Jean (0)2-31-21-05-45), or at the less expensive Au Petit Bistrot (31 Ter Rue Larcher (0)2-31-92-30-08). La Rapiere is an atmospheric restaurant that is housed in a late-1400s mansion, with stone walls and large wooden beams. It specializes in Norman cuisine such as terrines, duck, and veal with Camembert. There are three fixed-price menus (€29–€52), as well as a la carte options. The food is excellent, and worth the splurge. At the lower cost option, Au Petit Bistrot the Menus start at €23. 
Day 11 (Tuesday): Caen Memorial Museum
Today will be another intense day, starting with the brief train ride to Caen. Much of the day will be devoted to the thoughtfully arranged Caen Normandy Memorial Center for History and Peace, built on top of the underground headquarters of General Richter, commander of the 716th German infantry division. Here you will “enter” history, and come to understand it in a whole new light. After 3–4 intense hours in the Memorial Museum, “experiencing” the devastation and suffering of invasion, occupation, and eventual liberation, with a pause midway for lunch and a walk in the Memory Gardens, you will take the bus back to the 11th century, to spend more time in the Vaugueux district you visited two days ago. Or you may opt to take an earlier train “home” to Bayeux to visit the Museum of the Battle of Normandy, the Museum of Art & History, or the Lace Museum, or to stop by a shop that has caught your eye during your time in Bayeux. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2016 2016 -> 2017 afoCo Landmark Scholarship Program 2016 -> Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to the Conference Proceedings 2016 -> Step student Scholarships for Year 10-13 2016 -> The united church of canada 2016 -> Idan raichel biography – May 2016 Brief Producer, keyboardist, Lyricist, composer and Performer Idan Raichel 2016 -> An introduction to centre’s interventions expanding access to justice 2016 -> Sanchar Shakti 2016 -> Unit analysis should help here. We want number of bananas 2016 -> The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates 2016 -> The Great Heat and the Rhode Island Deep Water Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians) Fishery 1875-1905 Download 6.05 Mb. Share with your friends:
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