Discover UNESCO: Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay Situated on a small rocky island just off the coast between Normandy and Brittany Mont Saint-Michel is an impossible to miss landmark when driving along the Atlantic coast of France. The Gothic style abbey with its tall rising spire, situated on the already 92 meter high peak of […]
5 Must-See D-Day Locations of Normandy
Everybody has learned in school about the D-Day, or the Operation Overlord as the invasion of Normandy in France was officially called. But visiting the actual locations where British, Canadian, French and US troops landed on June 6th in 1944 and learning about the longest day in history that ultimately lead to the end of […]
Walled Old Town of Port City Boulogne-sur-Mer
As part of our road trip through Europe, Boulogne-sur-Mer happened to be our first stop in France and it was a surprisingly pleasant one. As it turned out, Boulonge was not only located by the sea as indicated by the addition sur-Mer, but it had also been quite an important harbor town throughout the centuries. […]