, A Weekend of Food, Drink, and History in Normandie #Winophiles

French Winophiles Remember D-Day in Normandie
The historic D-Day invasion of Allied Forces into German occupied Normandie occurred on June 6, 1944. This month, our French Winophiles writers are thinking about that event as we highlight food and drink from the region. Julie and I recently spent the weekend in Normandie (French spelling), so my contribution will include some travel tips! Take a look further down in this post for links to my fellow Winophiles’ posts!

D-Day map courtesy of Normandie Tourism

Visiting D-Day Sites in Normandy
The map is courtesy of Normandie Tourism, an excellent resource for planning a trip. We booked a small group guide via Get Your Guide, a tour aggregator. The tour company we actually were matched with was Ophorus. Our guide, Matt, had a deep knowledge of the stories of D-Day, matched with real enthusiasm for the subject. He told stories of individual characters from both sides which explained more sides of the events of that time.

Touring the countryside and standing at the landing beaches made the events around D-Day so much more impactful than the movies could ever accomplish. The Germans knew they would eventually face an attack launched from England, so they built the 1000km long Atlantic Wall. This was a series of artillery placements with heavily fortified concrete structures to house troops. The amphibious assault would face the challenges of the landing beaches, Normandie dunes and cliffs, amid artillery fire and machine gun fire by Germans.

The difficulty of the terrain

This Article was originally published on Food Wine Click

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