Tag: English Channel

• Long Live the Queen!

  We have been in England for two weeks now and really love it! Arriving into England, after driving off the train, which took us under the English Channel from France, we found it really nice to see road signs that we understood! Although, there are still several words that got lost in translation… Several times…

  Holly

  October 17, 2012

  European Adventure

  architecture, British Museum, Canterbury, Dover Castle, England, English Channel, european travel planning, family travel, London, soccer, sports, Travel, United States, Windsor Castle

• Down on the Bayeux, in Normandy

  Okay, maybe not the same bayou but work with me… Bayeux is a wonderful village in the Normandy region of France.  It is located 7km from the English Channel or La Manche, as the French call it.  Bayeux’s history dates back to the 1st century where is was a Gallo-Roman settlement. The city was largely…

  Holly

  September 25, 2012

  European Adventure

  Bayeux, Bayeux Tapestry, Caen, English Channel, France, Norman Conquest of England, Normandy, Travel, World War II