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D-Day Anniversary football match – the Liberty Tournament
For the past several years in August, a soccer club located in Lower Normandy: the “Reveil Saint Germain de Courseulles” has hosted a soccer tournament ...
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Etretat Cliffs Normandy
The photo above was an entrant in our French photo competition and the lady who sent it said “It needs no introduction”. In many ...
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70th Anniversary of D-Day Normandy
To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the ensuing 100 days of the Battle of Normandy, the region of Normandy will be ...
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Visit to Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy
A while back I took my Dad to see Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy. He wanted to visit the D-Day Landing Beaches and the War memorial ...
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Amazing Rouen Armada, France
I had read about the tall boat show, the so called Armada, to be held in Rouen on the website for Francophiles, The Good Life ...
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Home from home for British living in France
How the Brits are making Normandy’s Orne region their own Sir Winston Churchill once famously observed that: “The British and the Americans are two nations ...
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Normandy Jazz under the apple trees
The annual Jazz Sous Les Pommiers (‘Jazz Under The Apple Trees’) Normandy Jazz Festival draws top stars and huge crowds… An ancient barn in the ...
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Caen, Normandy
Caen is the biggest city in lower Normandy (Basse Normandie) and it’s also the capital. Caen sits on the river Orne which runs right through ...
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Rouen, Normandy
The town of Rouen in France is the capital of Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) and historically is the capital city of Normandy (Normandie). It is a ...
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Calvados in Normandy
Calvados is a department in lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) and it’s also a brandy produced in the area. Calvados is one of the most popular tourist ...
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