AT#275 - Travel to Normandy in France

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2011

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Kenney about traveling to Normandy in France. Michael talks about at least two different invasions associated with this region of France. The oldest was the Norman invasion of England which left from Normandy and is documented in the 224 foot long Bayeux Tapestry which is exhibited in a museum in Bayeux. The more recent was the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War 2. Michael describes visiting the invasion beaches (codenamed Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword), the cemeteries, and the village of Sainte-Mère-Église which was the first French Village liberated. Michael also talks about visiting the medieval fortress and monastery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.1	in my passport photo.
0:10.7	Amateur Traveler episode 275 today the Amateur Traveler, episode 275.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about medieval monasteries and two separate invasions, centuries apart, as we go to Normandy.
0:23.0	I'm your city one more cafe.
0:26.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not today.
0:32.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get
0:36.6	into this week's interview I do have three news stories for you. The first one
0:41.0	there's going to be a shakeup in the online travel industry as the
0:45.0	federal government has authorized the sale of ITA software to Google and ITA is in the
0:51.8	travel industry so so now is Google. And ITA is in the travel industry, so so now is Google.
0:54.5	In the good news department, the TSA has announced that at least one study has found
0:59.6	the full body screening to have no significant health risks. But there are
1:05.3	apparently risks if you are too tall and you want to fly. A man was kicked off a
1:10.0	horizon air flight because he was six foot 9. That I am sure was not entirely his fault.
1:17.8	For links to all three of those stories, check out the show notes at amateur traveler.com.
1:21.4	I'd like to welcome the show Michael Kenny who's coming
1:26.5	to us from Hudson Wisconsin and has come to talk to us about Normandy. Michael
1:31.1	welcome to the show. Thank you, Chris.
1:33.0	It's a pleasure to be on the show with you and I've been listening for quite a while now.
1:37.0	And obviously when we talk about Normandy, we're talking about France and probably a place where most Americans and I think many people in the
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