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Normandy, France, Tour: Days One and Two, continued
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| A tractor in action on Sword Beach. | We were free to wander for lunch in Arromanches, a resort town by the sea. We chose this hotel. |
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| Ah! moules à la crème Normande. | Moules à la crème Normande gone. |
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| The holiday beach at Arromanches | A wine shop and café across the street from where we ate lunch. |
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I bought some good Bordeaux there for our nightly tipple.
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The museum in Arromanches is dedicated to the story of The Mulberries, floating docks towed from England to France. |
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| Remains of Mulberries on Gold Beach. | Armored WWII vehicle in front of the museum in Arromanches. |
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| The German gun batteries at Longues sur Mer are on a hill back from the beach. These were used at a setting in the film, The Longest Day. | A German gun battery, heavily fortified and impressive. |
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| This was headquarters and storage for the Longues sur Mer battery. | We had a long walk through French farmland to get to the Longues sur Mer battery. Wildflowers bordered our way. |
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| Bayeaux Cemetery, Bayeaux, France. Over 4,000 fighters of the British Commonwealth are buried here. | Kevin the bus driver holds a poppy wreath for two of the men on the bus tour. |
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| Their primary purpose in making the tour was to lay a wreath in a place of honor at Bayeaux War Cemetery. They did so in a brief, but moving, ceremony. | Their wreath reads; Dunscroft, Hatfield, and Stainforth Branch of the Royal British Legion |
