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Monthly Archives: June 2018
If lovin’ you is Rouen, I don’t wanna be R(w)ight – our walking tour
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Following the French victory at the Battle of Castillon in 1453 that effectively ended the Hundred Years War (Fighting ceased but a formal treaty wasn’t signed until 1475.), Rouen began a gradual return to prosperity. The city’s economic upturn at …
If lovin’ you is Rouen, I don’t wanna be R(w)ight – part 1
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I don’t recall whether we’d set sail during dinner but certainly by the time of Tim and Jie’s concert we were well underway for the longest passage on the outbound segment of our river cruise. When we awoke in the …
The Rock of Guy but not the guy The Rock – part 3 – That’s a what!?
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But what about the time machine? From my regular pre-trip research, I’d reached a reasonable conclusion regarding the reason the tour organizers had chosen to include Château de La Roche-Guyon in our itinerary. What I didn’t expect to see was …
The Rock of Guy but not the guy The Rock – part 2
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Under a cloak of great secrecy, the Allied powers had begun planning their assault on northern Europe as early as 1942. Still, by the fall of 1943 even the most obtuse German military leaders surely knew that a major attack …
The rock of Guy but not the guy The Rock
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As I noted in the previous post, I suspected the tour organizers included a visit to Château de la Roche-Guyon because of its role in the Second World War. The castle served as the headquarters for Field Marshal Erwin Rommel …