Normandy - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
The Sweet Taste of D-Day
From Pegasus Bridge to Utah Beach, the Landing Zone of Normandy is prime territory for D-Day merchandising, but I’d imagine that very little, if any, of it is actually made in Normandy. So I was a bit wary when saw a jar of “D-Day Honey” for sale this summer at Bernard Lebrec’s apple farm between Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
Got Heritage? Pelerin Awards Help Restore France’s Catholic Heritage
History has taught France the dangers of seeing a dominant religion play a leading role in public policy. Yet it has also left this...
Half-timbered Houses in Troyes, Champagne
Half-timbered houses of the 15th to 19th centuries can be found throughout France, yet Troyes is among best places to appreciate their pastel charms.
Olivier Dirson, WWI battlefield guide: one history leads to another
Touring WWI sites of Picardy, north of Paris, with Olivier Dirson, a French guide with an intriguing personal history.
D-Day Revisited: Ian Patrick’s “Anonymous Heroes”
On the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, France Revisited honors veterans and the fallen through the work of American photographer Ian Patrick.
When’s the best time…
Several times each week someone asks me “When is the best time of year to visit France?”
I usually answer "Whenever you can make it."...
Calvados, Where Rotting Apples Have a Good Name
An introduction to the alcoholic apple-based beverages cidre (hard cider) and calvados produced in Normandy.
This is a linden
The linden, le tilleul, has for centuries been a favored tree of European cityscapes, most famously along Berlin’s Under der Linden, which leads from...
Destination Brittany, part 4 of 5: tu, vous, and ma promenade
Destination Brittany, travels with Henri, part 4 of 5: Just before the party in Dinard on Saturday evening another guest arrived at the neighbor’s house where Henri and I were staying. He was a young actor from Paris and he, too, knocked at the door empty-handed except for his overnight bag.