Port-en-Bessin
A port village nestled between the American and British Landings became our “home base” of operations for the several days we explored the surrounding area. Hotel de la Marine was comfortable and we enjoyed the food, the town, and the general peacefulness of the town was relaxing and a perfect match for our moods.
A canal system comes from the ocean port into the center of town since the tides shift so dramatically this canal is required to keep the docked boats afloat at low tide. Here is Dad and I looking back into town and part of the Hotel de la Marine is on the right of us.
This was hotel were years ago Jean and Clara had driven Sandra and I from Angers for an overnight trip. Great food and a nice typical Normandy sea town. I absolutely love this place. They had done renovations which made it even nicer.
The town has a number of nice local shops for pastries and places for galettes (see later story). The Hotel de la Marine served a nice dinner back then and we splurged which was perhaps the best meal of the trip.
Here were are out on the pier jutting into the Ocean to the left are the cliffs above which we saw all the snails climbing through the grass in the morning that is discussed in another article.
I noticed that this plaque has been erected on the town pier for the 60th Anniversary commemorated the fact that the town was a major fuel supply area important to supporting fuel importing for the later inland campaigns.
Next: First Look at Normandy Beaches
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