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Normandy: The Best Places to Visit in Normandy, France
Bonjour fellow travelers mark you with
Walter's world and we are in the
countryside of Normandy one of the
prettiest parts well they're all pretty
parts around France I'm not gonna lie to
you but this is one of the ones that a
lot of Americans come to because the
d-day beaches and most suddenly show all
kinds of great things to see and do here
in Normandy and you might be thinking
mark where should we go in Normandy
because Normandy really is part of this
like two-week American tour of France
you know you get your Paris you get to
Normandy your Lavallee maybe head down
to Provence or not but then you're back
to Paris and you take off so what I want
to do is give you kind of our top 10
things to see and do when you are here
in Normandy so let's get started now the
first thing you should do when you do
come here is I highly recommend it's
going to the d-day beaches and having
that whole experience because honestly
when you go to the detail well there's
Omaha Utah Juno or or any of the beaches
Sword Beach you really get a feel for
what happened here 70 years ago and it's
a really moving experiences with the
beaches scene man they had to run up
that Beach and that's where the fire was
coming from
there's tons of museums around here you
know if you go to beoh there's Laval
normandy museum there's an overlord
museum there's that's another museum
there there's the Omaha Beach Museum
there's so many museums out there to
really give you a feel for what happened
on that day so you definitely check
those out and one thing I really highly
recommend if you want to see the
personal sacrifice and get really a
moving story like everybody in our
family even the kids we're in tears
because of the sacrifice people made for
this is go to the American Cemetery at
Omaha Beach and go on their visitors
center yeah go to see the cemeteries is
very moving but when you go on the the
visitors center downstairs you go
through their exhibition and you see the
sacrifices people made what happened
these people it really puts things in
context because then you see the guy
that you know when you go to st. Mary's
and you'll see why is there a
parachutist a paratrooper stuck on the
church and you say oh well he was there
and he didn't get killed and he
pretended like he was dead or something
like that but the real story is his
buddy also landed on there and his buddy
got shot and killed but before he died
he killed the Germans that were there
and so they didn't shoot his buddy off
the church I mean there's just all these
amazing stories that are there that are
really moving I do suggest going to the
beaches on Omaha Beach or Juneau or Utah
or any of them it is well worth it and
there's all kinds of things
all around for museums to memorials to
just the whole atmosphere that's here
it's a definite must okay then it can't
be very somber and it can be if you know
if you've got friends in the military
and stuff like that I mean it'll hit you
right here okay because I know we
everyone had tears when we did this okay
now have a happier place to go when you
are coming to Normandy number two our
list is most summary show the most uh
Michelle is an island most of the time
it's an island and then the water goes
out and it's not so much an island and
it is an island the water goes in and
out I mean once that Michelle is if
you've seen any tourism stuff for France
you've seen pictures of mon-sol Michelle
this island with the Abbey on top yes
you will want to go there it is super
touristy but you gets millions of
tourists a year there's literally one
Street that goes up and you'll fight
your way to the top to get to the Abbey
but it is so gorgeous because when you
come there and you see it on the horizon
because you'll see it aways that you'll
see on the horizon like wow and you
drive up and you you park your car the
most insane unhealthful
parking lot ever just give me the
heads-up on that well just be prepared
for frustration at the checkout okay you
go there you get one of the free buses
that take you from the parking lot to
the foot of the foot of like the outcrop
you go out there you look over like wow
this is our Christmas picture this is
what it's gonna be
wait is it our Christmas picture this
year just take my word for it and you go
there but you wander through and they
have like this silly like torture museum
or it's got you know you know a torture
museum you know to like you know
entertain you and things like that
there's all kinds of these silly little
things touristy things going on the way
up restaurants or some hotels and stuff
like that but what you want to see if
you want to go on the a beyond the top
and you can see I mean this thing is
there had people for like 1,200 years
there's been somebody and some kind of
church thing there and it's been a
pilgrimage site for a long time it's
like one of the top four pilgrimage
sites in Catholicism and Christianity
then I don't know they put the tourism
there cuz that would be a lot more but
you see people coming there it is just a
fantastic place to visit well worth it
for the day trip to get there do you
want to spend the night there if you
spend the night you can see it and have
it basically all to yourself because
most people have gone you know by four
or five o'clock in the afternoon we had
our own transport we went there we got
there about 2:00 and it was packed
we left at six there's nobody around so
that was a nice little thing there some
on set Michelle's number two number
three we're gonna go to beoh
and bail what you want to go see there's
one go to the Bayeux Tapestry this is
William the Conqueror's story of the
battle the lead-up to the Battle of
Hastings in 1066 where William became
William the conquerer instead of really
on the bastard and the thing is it tells
the story of Harold and how he had word
told Harold that he William will be king
and don't tell him and you see all we
got stuck in quicksand and help people
that's my mother Michell you'll see the
stuff and in the kind of quick sandy
stuff there it tells a whole history the
thing is this thing is a foul almost a
thousand years old this tapestry and
it's like 70 meters long I mean about
museum goes on forever and they got a
great audio guide that it points out all
the different stuff like you see you
know they're taking the the chainmail
off the dead bodies and the heads cut
off and okay chopping off the head of a
horse it sounds crazy we were this is
knitted in okay so it's still kids safe
but you see what really went into it and
is truly an amazing thing it's a UNESCO
World Heritage Site you have to see that
is one of the most coolest things then
you'll see Harold with an arrow in his
eye you're like hey I've seen that
before yes yes you have okay
all this starts to see em bail they
actually have the Battle of Normandy
Museum there which is really well done I
do suggest watch the movie when you're
there they have it in French and English
go check that out they have all you know
they have the history the different
people you know they'll talk about the
Germans to say the Germans that didn't
destroy Paris the Germans that they were
like you didn't like they wanted to kill
Hitler and stuff like that but also talk
about all that stuff the America stood
in the Canadians and the Belgians and
all these other people that wasn't just
Americans on d-day or Canadians it was
brisk there's people from all over the
world that were coming to fight the
Nazis and so you get a really great kind
of background on man
then another thing you're doing you that
are there is you'll see the cathedral
there it's as big as Notre Dame in Paris
and it is called Notre Dame as well yeah
and it is really a cool Church and
that's actually where the tapestry used
to hang occasionally which is kind of
cool to think about what would like
would it look like in sitio where people
could come and they couldn't read and
stuff like that that you see the history
of their ancestors kind of you know nice
little propaganda film like right there
in the church but it is you see in the
tapestry is just amazing that's the top
one there okay
now the fourth place to check out is now
we've gone from like lower Normandy in
Oregon to upper Normandy and when you go
up there you have on floor which is this
cute fishing village
the port is really cool because has all
these houses up on there and then you
see like the it's the painting village
you're gonna understand why painters
would want to come there and paint
something there are some decent museums
there there's depth or graphic Museum so
you can see how people kind of live
throughout time and on floor
there's the Maritime Museum there so you
needed the support city so you can see
the history of that there's usually Jean
boudin boudin Museum if you don't have
some art that's there as well I think
these are some really cool churches
they're one of the biggest wooden
churches in France maybe the biggest
wood Church and Frances there it is a
cool little stopover when you do go
there small place but while we're
checking out now next on our list is a
bigger place it's a hood Lunas dear to
our hearts a few years ago we were there
we are actually we're looking to move to
Rouen so we ruined we love you anybody
wanting us a job there will totally go
because Rouen is fantastic the Cathedral
there you have seen it before because
Monet's painted it dozens of times ok
and the thing is the cathedral is
fantastic see that but when you walk
through the whole city the people are
super nice when you're there
English has spoken quite a bit there as
well and the people are awesome when you
walk through you can see the big clock
or the ghouls whole dog there's this
huge clock that's in there there's other
churches Joan of Arc that's where she
unfortunately got burned at the stake
so now Joan of Arc materials there
there's tons of cool churches to check
out with some good museums is where the
the Beaux Arts Museum is definitely
worth checking out but for me the thing
with doing the hood is going to see the
Cathedral and just to walk by I walk
down the shop issue with the huge clock
is up there we love we actually have a
video I want to see into a drone because
we really enjoyed it I would go there
like that no problem now the 6th place
to check out is if you're a lone a fan
you're looking at Giverny now I know
giverny is in Normandy but you can
actually do it as a day trip from Paris
no problem but giverny you want to go
there you want to go see where he
painted the water lilies and the
Japanese bridge and all these kind of
things that see where he lived
it's all right there ok it's a nice easy
day trip from Paris so you can do that
but it is worth checking out if you are
a Monet fan yes you can see some
paintings you can see is his workroom
and his studio and all these kind of
things so it is kind of cool but just
see like oh that's sort of a lot one of
us on you can kind of imagine him there
painting it you know and I mean I mean
it's like I could see him painting it
I'm like that's him
right there seeing those that's the same
thing exact gives you a little bit of
chills what do you do do that now the
seventh thing you should do when you
come here is go explore the countryside
the paws dog or the I can never say
right the on country place when you're
coming out in your explore throughout
Normandy you're gonna see a lot of
rustic beauty like it's kind of like two
distinct parts if you look at upper
Normandy by row and on floor
it seems more polished you come down
farther south it has much more of a like
a rustic just hearty beauty that's here
and the churches and the countryside
with orchards and stuff like that is
just beautiful so you definitely want to
see those when you are there and take
the time to go through because you'll
see all these little villages with these
churches like Norman churches and you
see them you're like man this just
doesn't seem like this your fancy France
it's like it's like like randomly France
like tough France and he's like wow I
mean the beauty in this part of France
it's not if you go down to the south
it's more refined George Clooney beauty
whereas here when you come to Normandy
and you see this place it's more like
the John Wayne tough Beauty it sounds
silly but it does have this kind of feel
to it you have the stonework at all this
stuff and just exploring the countryside
it's great that's why I highly recommend
you want to rent a car when you're here
and go and explore because public
transport there is some but it doesn't
always go and it's not always super
helpful getting them on somebody's shell
and back is sometimes almost impossible
so you really need to rent a car and it
gives you a chance to stay out there
state where he's really cool
bed-and-breakfast is there are in former
farmhouses and stuff like that and just
love it okay so definitely get out and
explore the countryside in Normandy the
other thing is that everybody likes to
cut your site some people like their
beach tanks and there's so many fishing
villages and Beach places to go to do
video travel whatever you can go to if
you want to have a thing for kids you
can go there if you want to have a more
fancy upscale thing you know go build
and do that and you have like the
beaches and you have the strip and all
these kind of things and when you go
there you can really relax and it's hard
to remember that way this is actually
where some of the d-day battles took
place because you're sitting on the
boardwalk having a drink and enjoying
your cider and stuff like that you kind
of miss that and that's one of the
things if you want to feel the d-day
history you come north to like the
Bayeux and say Marie ugly's and those
kind of things you want to like the more
Ritz your kind of stuff you're going to
have tall on floor and build things like
that put it is great and those fishing
villages are soaked
so much good food when you're there and
the beach places in the summer in the
winter it's still cold and the spring is
still cold okay so don't think this is
like Miami I can just view the heads up
on that one so the next thing you should
do when you do come here is make sure
you go out and realize that wine is not
the specialty of Normandy cider and
apple products that is the specialty of
Normandy you are gonna have seeds a
cider when you are here that's just
gonna be drinking its really bubbly and
its really good and yes it does have
some alcohol this one has four and a
half percent sometimes it has two and a
half percent it just depends where you
go it can be stronger or less and the
thing is this is tradition because
you're gonna see these apple orchards
around here that's going to influence
the food and things like that we'll talk
about the number ten but some of the
things to eat when you are here the
cider the Cavazos wood just strong
alcohol apple brandy kind of stuff they
have that apple juice for kids you can
go see where they make it there's tours
of those kind of things it is well worth
having so make sure you do have society
when you are here and the last thing I
want to say about coming to Normandy is
make sure you go and you eat and here
you're gonna have a lot of seafood
you know the oysters are great the
scallops are great soul that's the kind
of food that's the soul so the fish okay
not the music okay you would eat the
sole fish when you are here it is so
fresh it is so good and well on offense
what the houses like to have like a
cream sauce with it and that could be a
chicken or it could be pork as well with
cream sauces in there cuz you have a lot
of dairy here so you have some caramels
on the but at on the apple crumble
desserts and stuff like that it is well
worth eating so I hope that helped you
know some of things you should see and
do when you do come into Normandy it is
a fantastic time we have really enjoyed
it here I actually wish we had more days
here just to sit and relax and take it
this is just the backyard of the bar and
we're staying at and it's just so
gorgeous here normally it's not to say
thank you to everybody in Normandy
that's been so great to us whether this
and run on floor at mon-sol Michele or
in Bayeux or wherever Thank You Massie
because Normandy is a great place to
visit and I highly recommend it easy to
drive around got a lot of traffic this
isn't a high high traffic areas except
for sometimes in the summer otherwise
you'll be fine anyway have a great time
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