A licensed Breton guide explains fleur de sel de Guérande: how the paludiers harvest it by hand, what makes it genuinely different from table salt, its real health benefits, and how to visit the salt marshes of historic Brittany.
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What to bring back from Brittany? A licensed Breton guide shares the most authentic souvenirs and gifts, from fleur de sel de Guérande and salted butter caramel to the striped marinière, Breton cider, and kouign-amann.
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In 1996, a father brought his two sons to the Utah Beach sign and took their photograph. Thirty years later, one of those boys came back with his own son and stood in exactly the same place, because in 1944, their grandfather came ashore on this beach.
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A curated guide to the films and books I recommend to my American clients before, or after, a WWII history tour in Normandy and Brittany. Watch them, read them, then stand on the ground where it all happened.
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Hank and Babe Dombrowski left the steel town of Gary, Indiana and never came home. They fell thirty-eight days apart in the summer of 1944, and today they lie side by side at the Brittany American Cemetery in Saint-James. This September, their family is crossing the ocean to visit them, and I went ahead to say hello.
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Many travellers come to Saint-Malo because of a novel. Few realise they are walking through one of the most heavily fortified, most fought-over towns of the Second World War in France. Here is the real story behind the walls, from the Atlantic Wall fortress to the 39-45 Memorial.
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