I went to Normandy to visit the D-Day beaches but there is so much more to see here. I wish I had booked additional time to see more of the small towns like Saint-Lô or driven up to Cherbourg and the Cotentin peninsula. I stayed in Bayeux, at a lovely but overpriced hotel. Bayeux Bayeux Tapestry Museum The tapestry is over 900 years old, is 70 meter long and 50 cm wide. It depicts the Norman conquest of England in…
I’ve been wanting to visit Malta for years. There is so much amazing history here, in the Crossroads of the Mediterranean. Early settlements date back to 5900 BCE. I looked at just visiting Valletta, but wanted to see more of both islands so found a package, a guided small group tour “Malta and Gozo Discovery”, via Explore. We spent five nights on Malta in Sliema, but didn’t have a lot of free time in Valletta and there was more I…