Normandy - Cheese and bunkers

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

Edge of destiny

This clifftop was a location of strategic importance for the D-Day invasion, as the Germans had installed 155mm guns which could threaten the entire operation. An American Ranger battalion scaled the cliffs with ropes while taking enemy fire.

Pointe du Hoc

Within these walls

The town of Bayeux may be most famous for the Bayeux tapestry, telling the tale of the Norman conquest of England in 1066. But don't miss the Norman-Romanesque cathedral built ten years later, where the tapestry was originally located.

The cathedral of Bayeux