France

A weekend in Verdun, France should be on your top priority location to visit when learning about all World War One. Verdun is different…

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During our travels we also like to explore the darker side of tourism, called dark tourism. Dark tourism can be defined as a tourist…

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Remembering The Fallen of WW1 was an important reason for our weekend away for many historical sites and memorials. We visited Ypres, Belgium and Albert,…

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Our city visit to Albert is the perfect Northern France base to seek out many memorable and historic locations of World War One. Such…

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Normandy is best known for the battle of D-Day invaision during World War Two, from  June 6th, 1944 until July, 1944. Operation Overlord took palce on the…

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An early checkout at the B&B meant that we had a good head start on getting back to the Netherlands with plenty of time before…

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Bayeux was at the top of our list on the third day, visiting the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy, however after visiting all…

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The cloudy morning turned to sunshine as we had reached our first destination of the day, Pointe Du Hoc. Free to get in we…

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We spent our first morning in Arromanches visiting the 360 Museum and D-Day Museum De Debarquement, parking our rented car at the top of…

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