Normandy trip

ww2twit76 · 02-02-2005, 01:23 AM

I really want to go to Normandy but I don't got enough money. I would really appriciate it if you guys could tell me the cheapest way to get over there.

Dick_Justice · 02-02-2005, 01:48 AM

Try swimming...

But really, why would you want to visit Normandy ? Its empty, booring and...french....

Fancy having to eat baguettes with every meal ? I don´t...

But maybe living in the middle of some of the greatest battle-zones of world war 2 makes it loose some of its fascination...

Fishfinger · 02-02-2005, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ww2twit76

I really want to go to Normandy but I don't got enough money. I would really appriciate it if you guys could tell me the cheapest way to get over there.

Really depends where you live?????
If your in UK then get the ferry, if your in OZ then you could get a lift on a boat, would take you a while but mite be cheaper.
If your French you could walk.
My guess is your a American boy that thinks he's talking to other American boys

In which case your stuffed there is no cheap way :P

NavalLord · 02-02-2005, 04:51 PM

get a job and go to cheaptickets.com or travelocity or one of those discount airfare sites

grim reaper · 02-02-2005, 05:06 PM

you will need

A gun
Sellotape
Garden

Sit in garden, shoot birds, tape bird wings to self. Proceed to fly.

DanTesla1 · 02-02-2005, 09:31 PM

Grim, I just tried that. Now, i have dead birds all over the place... :/

Soyuz · 02-03-2005, 03:25 AM

Normandy was awsom. REALLY awsome. but like 1 hour awsome. not alot to do, thou the green planes are kinda "funny " since they have these huge holes were the bombs droped. Some of the holes are so freaken deep and so freaken narrow its simply amazing. All these German bunkers going sideways half way into the ground. Really cool to walk around there.

But seriously, not worth a whole trip.

NavalLord · 02-03-2005, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Soyuz

Normandy was awsom. REALLY awsome. but like 1 hour awsome. not alot to do, thou the green planes are kinda "funny " since they have these huge holes were the bombs droped. Some of the holes are so freaken deep and so freaken narrow its simply amazing. All these German bunkers going sideways half way into the ground. Really cool to walk around there.

But seriously, not worth a whole trip.

never speak about this subject in that vile manner again
some of us happen to have respect to history and would like to visit the places that formed our partially free society that we have today

Mad Monk · 02-03-2005, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Soyuz

Normandy was awsom. REALLY awsome.
...

But seriously, not worth a whole trip.

You confuse me sometimes Soyuz. :P

Fishfinger · 02-03-2005, 09:00 AM

I spent two days there with my Gf
We toured all the sites
Definately worth a visit it really opens your eyes

Soyuz · 02-03-2005, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by NavalLord

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Originally Posted by Soyuz

Normandy was awsom. REALLY awsome. but like 1 hour awsome. not alot to do, thou the green planes are kinda "funny " since they have these huge holes were the bombs droped. Some of the holes are so freaken deep and so freaken narrow its simply amazing. All these German bunkers going sideways half way into the ground. Really cool to walk around there.

But seriously, not worth a whole trip.

never speak about this subject in that vile manner again

In what way did I offend you?

Im just tring to tell you how it was when I was there

What Im saying it that the beach is great and all but there's nothing much other than for a few other museums and a big american cemetary. Thats like going to Dresden just because it was bombed. Interesting? sure. But there are other places that are more worth a visit

I meen your not planning a visit to Volgograd (ex-Satalingrad) or to Saint-Petersbourg (after all they were under seige for 2 years and almost all died) now are you?

meen meen meen, you have no respect for history you vile person! :P

Mad Monk · 02-03-2005, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Soyuz

What Im saying it that the beach is great and all but there's nothing much other than for a few other museums and a big american cemetary. Thats like going to Dresden just because it was bombed. Interesting? sure. But there are other places that are more worth a visit

I meen your not planning a visit to Volgograd (ex-Satalingrad) or to Saint-Petersbourg (after all they were under seige for 2 years and almost all died) now are you?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but thats like saying a visit to Pearl Harbor is just about looking at some boat wreckage in the water and a bunch of names on a plaque. You need to approach these sites with a sense of reverence. You're on hallowed ground. That doesn't take anything away from Stalingrad or St. Petersburg as you seem to think. It would be the same in those places as well.

Soyuz · 02-03-2005, 02:54 PM

OK. I understand you know.

mrhahn · 02-03-2005, 03:08 PM

The American cemetry in Normandy was very moving for me when I visited it.

Fishfinger · 02-03-2005, 08:05 PM

Good job the soldiers that when to Normandy thought it was worth the trip and they paid for it with their lives

NavalLord · 02-03-2005, 08:27 PM

well soyuz i am planning at trip to all these places, im taking a year off after high school and im going to visit as many battlesites in europe as possible, starting with france and going to holland and belgium and germany and poland and russia and austria and italy and all the little places in between

maverick514 · 02-03-2005, 09:44 PM

How is anyone even responding to this? Oh wait...

Dick_Justice · 02-04-2005, 12:45 AM

Whats so fascinating about visiting 60 year old battlefields ? I mean I practicly live in the middle of one.

16000 bombs have been defused in the area I live in the past 10 years, all dating back ot WWII. Now thats what I call a hot spot.

Still I wouldn´t find it perticuarly interesting. Most ex-battlefield really dont have much to offer besides a small museum somewhere nearby.

NavalLord · 02-04-2005, 01:17 AM

well since youve lived there your whole life it doesnt excite you, myself im f

02-02-2005, 01:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
ww2twit76 Staff Sergeant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Posts: 271	Normandy trip I really want to go to Normandy but I don't got enough money. I would really appriciate it if you guys could tell me the cheapest way to get over there.

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Dick_Justice Major Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Marl, Germany Posts: 3,350	Try swimming... But really, why would you want to visit Normandy ? Its empty, booring and...french.... Fancy having to eat baguettes with every meal ? I don´t... But maybe living in the middle of some of the greatest battle-zones of world war 2 makes it loose some of its fascination... __________________ Plays BF 2 in Europe under the name of \"Erich_Felsner\"

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Fishfinger Major Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Shire of Wilts Posts: 3,508	I spent two days there with my Gf We toured all the sites Definately worth a visit it really opens your eyes __________________ Your message here My Stats

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Fishfinger Major Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Shire of Wilts Posts: 3,508	Good job the soldiers that when to Normandy thought it was worth the trip and they paid for it with their lives __________________ Your message here My Stats

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Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	Normandy was awsom. REALLY awsome. but like 1 hour awsome. not alot to do, thou the green planes are kinda "funny " since they have these huge holes were the bombs droped. Some of the holes are so freaken deep and so freaken narrow its simply amazing. All these German bunkers going sideways half way into the ground. Really cool to walk around there. But seriously, not worth a whole trip.

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Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	OK. I understand you know.

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mrhahn General Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,979	The American cemetry in Normandy was very moving for me when I visited it.

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NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,149	well soyuz i am planning at trip to all these places, im taking a year off after high school and im going to visit as many battlesites in europe as possible, starting with france and going to holland and belgium and germany and poland and russia and austria and italy and all the little places in between __________________

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02-04-2005, 12:45 AM	#18 (permalink)
Dick_Justice Major Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Marl, Germany Posts: 3,350	Whats so fascinating about visiting 60 year old battlefields ? I mean I practicly live in the middle of one. 16000 bombs have been defused in the area I live in the past 10 years, all dating back ot WWII. Now thats what I call a hot spot. Still I wouldn´t find it perticuarly interesting. Most ex-battlefield really dont have much to offer besides a small museum somewhere nearby. __________________ Plays BF 2 in Europe under the name of \"Erich_Felsner\"

02-04-2005, 01:17 AM	#19 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,149	well since youve lived there your whole life it doesnt excite you, myself im f