to just lay there and soak up the sun?
2007-05-20 02:25:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ France ➔ Normandie
you mean besides the 150,000 troops who stormed Normandy beaches of which about 2,500 GI's died on the beaches and 2,600 paratroopers diedas well as the approximately 3,100 Germans died?
2007-05-20 02:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by Montego 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You can actually park at the same location as the sunbathers on Omaha Beach, and walk up the hill and see the bunkers that were installed by the Nazi that look out on the beach.
http://www.vanbeusekom.us/kachelmyer/europe/slides/DSCF2194.html
This link shows a picture at Omaha Beach with a jetski out on the ocean in the background. There are a few other pics at this site that concentrate primarily on the bunkers and give a feel for what the Americans were facing that day when the ocean turned red with their blood.
It was a little cool on the day we were there, but we have a pic of several people lying on the beach with many walking up and down the beach. I just uploaded that pic to Yahoo Pictures and the link below should take you to it. It is looking down Omaha Beach from the North to the South.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mjk3mjk3/detail?.dir=57dfre2&.dnm=3da8re2.jpg&.src=ph
2007-05-21 03:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by Coach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, absolutely.
The landing beaches are only a part of the coast of Normandy.
Beside that, there are popular seaside resorts, especially east of the D-Day beaches like Deauville, Trouville, Houlgate and Cabourg.
2007-05-20 18:25:47 · answer #3 · answered by le_ffrench 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some complements : - Trouville and Houlgate additionally are exciting coastline hotels, regardless of the undeniable fact that they don't have the "planches", pageant and abundance of luxury automobile Deauvill has. - The Marais Vernier is an exciting area with ordinary old normand homes, small orchards and a super variety of ponds (that's a super area for birding) - in case you have an pastime in D-Day subject concerns, do no longer pass over the Bayeux conflict of Normandy museum, the pointe du Hoc. - In Bayeux, the tapestry museum and cathedral additionally are properly worth a pass to.
2017-01-10 10:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i spent 3 years in Caen as a student . and i used to go to beaches not only for sun . i learned how to windsurf there ! . You can visit museums "mémorial de Caen" .
2007-05-21 06:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by jl_geesen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. There is suntanning taking place on the beaches of France.
2007-05-20 02:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes they are beautiful sandy beaches
2007-05-20 02:31:01 · answer #7 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋