Caen Travel Blogs

Since I wanted to brush up on my World War II knowledge, I figured that it was time to visit Normandy. So after being homeless for a night in Paris (literally), we packed everything up and took the train to Caen. Once we got there, we stroll around town for a bit, very small and very quiet but it w…

London & France 2004

Spring in Paris... two weeks...living with a great french family in the heart of the 8ème Arrondissement... a dream

Carl and I left out of Paris early for Caen. Our plans were to head over to Caen to see the memorial (WWII museum) there before we went out to the beaches. The memorial was very informative and a good way to begin a trip out to the landing sites and cemetaries. Actually, there was almost too much …

From July 8th to 30th i'll be at my friend Fanny's home in Rennes,France.I decided to go there because this year are my last summer holidays from school and at the same time i can relax and improve my english/french there.Furthermore i'll visit my friend Amélie in Nantes for some days.

au fil des années...

  Today would be our last day in Reims.  The plan was to head to Paris and place our packs in lockers so we could tour the city for the day, then head to Caen, France for the night.  However, when we arrived at the station in Paris we quickly became aware of the fact that there were …

Caen is a little town that you can walk from end to end in a little more than 3 hours, and its best known for the two romanesque abbeys. The best place to start your visit is at the castle, there is very little so see there, but the ramparts are impresive. Just in front you will find the gothi…

I made it across the channel to France last night, slept most of the way.  It was rough seas but I didnt mind it.  It was dark when we got in so I didnt see much of the coast line, like I wanted to.  There was no one on this huge ferry, I saw only about 20 persons walking a…

Got up at 5 am and went to the train station.  I asked to make sure I was on the right train and took a nap on my train to Caen!  Got off at Caen and went to the main area of the train station.  There I meet my guide Rosin, she said that I was the only one for the first half of the d…

Wales to Mali in a £100 car!

One of the guys I met at the hostel was a Canadian who was also travelling alone.  He was very interested in Normandy and the D-Day invasions because his grandfather was a Canadian soldier.  We rented a car and drove to the beaches and saw what we could see.  Since neither of us real…

Vacation from the CLA!!!! I'm using this break to travel to the Loire Valley, Normandy, and Prague, all in one week. I'm traveling with other kids from the same school and its quite a lot of fun and quite an adventure.

I took some classes in Paris and fell in love..with traveling!

My first time on a TGV and I must say that I was very impressed! The views up on the train were very nice. As for Caen....what a sh*t hole!! Talk about your one horse towns. Almost everything in town was closed or had been abandoned! Again I find myself in an Irish looking bar but filled only with…