A slight detour to Deauville

We left Caen after a quick visit to the Abbaye aux Hommes behind us and drove again in the direction…

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The D-Day museum in Arromanches

Leaving Bayeux behind us we drove straight north to Arromanches, where the Gold Landing Beach Site lies a bit to…

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What Bayeux is famous for

One of our trips from Caen was a drive to Bayeux, a town famous for the tapestry of Bayeux. For…

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A day trip to Falaise Castle

One of our day trips from Caen took us south to the town of Falaise, which was the birth town…

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The Castle of Caen

Since the area around Caen has so much to offer we spent, besides staying three nights, only two late afternoons…

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Caen

We arrived in Caen in the late afternoon after stopping at Château Gaillard and Bernay on the way from Rouen.…

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Bernay – on the road from Château Gaillard to Caen

We left Château Gaillard in the direction of Caen, which would be our home base for the next three nights.…

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Château Gaillard – driving down history lane

We started our magical history tour with Château Gaillard. After spending a night in Rouen and strengthening ourselves with a…

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A weekend in the eastern part of Styria

Since a couple of years I spend a weekend with my family somewhere in Austria, not to far from Vienna.…

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The Chocolate Hills and other sights on Bohol – Part 1

To see the Chocolate Hills on Bolhol I had booked a countryside tour with the Mad Monkey hostel. In hindsight…

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