Normandy - Cheese and bunkers

Exploring Caen, Bayeux, Mont Saint-Michel, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Arromances, Colleville, Deauville and Grandcamp.

  • Mountain of the angel

    Mont Saint-Michel is a small island in western Normandy. Being a tidal island where the natural land bridge can be hidden at high tide, it was a premier location for a stronghold as well as a monastery.

    Mont Saint-Michel

  • Sunset over the English channel

    Grandcamp

  • Walls of the conqueror

    This castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1060, being one of the largest medieval fortresses in Western Europe.

    Chateau Ducal in Caen

  • Remains of Mulberry

    What's left of Port Winston, the temporary Mulberry harbor. Since they were constructed to last for only six months, it's no wonder that most of it is gone 60 years later.

    Arromances

  • Edge of destiny

    The area is still filled with craters and broken casemates.

    Pointe du Hoc

  • Saving Private Ryan

    During the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, Omaha Beach was the site of chaotic mayhem. It is almost impossible to imagine the slaughter that took place as the infantry ran across this sand towards the fortified casemates.

    Omaha Beach

  • In eternity

    The endless fields of white crosses in the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer.

    Colleville-sur-Mer