Just booked my ferry tickets

pickettwayne · Nova Slayer Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Karma :

Right guys I need some help.

I just booked two ferry tickets for me and my mate to go to Normandy. The plan is to get to Portsmouth on the 9th April to Caen then coming back from st Malo to Portsmouth on Monday the 13th.

Between these two days we dont really know where to go and see. I want to go to Omaha beach and then that castle place near st malo that can only reached when the tide is out.

Any ideas of anything else to do in that time?

Any suggestions will b appreciated.

Cheers

sagalout · Nearly there... Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Karma :

Here's what I did

Omaha is a must-do. I'd defy anyone not to feel a lot of emotion at the cemetery.

Otherwise, theres absolutely loads to do in the area if you're at all interested in D-Day. Point Du Hoc, St Mere Eglise and Pegasus Bridge were the highlights for us.

We did everything in a day, but we were rushing it far too much. You could easily spend 3 full days.
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pickettwayne · Nova Slayer Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Karma :

Your thread was the thing that inspired me to do this int he first place. Im going to Omaha beach and cemetary and hopefully Pegasus Bridge. Where is that really tall bridge that you crossed?

Thanks for your post. WIthout reading that i dont think i would be doing it myself.

Cheers

sagalout · Nearly there... Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Karma :

Cool, glad you liked it. You'll have a great time over there Smile

The massive bridge is at Le Havre - lookign at google maps I dont think you'll be going over it though.

Depending on how interested you are in the D-Day stuff, you might want to doa bit of reading first - it helps to put the areas and sights into a bit more context.

I can highly recommend D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose, the guy that wrote Band of Brothers. Its in depth, but his writing style makes you forget you're reading a history book Smile

It gets criticised by being a bit biased towards the American effort, but I'm not sure thats true. I've also read his book about Pegasus Bridge, and he shows a huge amount of respect for the British troops in that book.
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