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Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha
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Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha

May 19, 2023June 29, 2023

If you decide this June to take off along the 514 departmental road from the ferry port at Ouistreham,…

Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.
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Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.

December 19, 2022June 30, 2023

The 1971 movie Le Mans, featuring Steve McQueen, had no scripted dialogue for the first forty minutes as it…

The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape
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The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape

November 21, 2022June 30, 2023

There has been something of an exodus from Paris following the pandemic in France. A migration. Not that the…


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