Wake up call at 5.30am. We were picked up at 6.30am by Danielle our tour guide and travelled in a small van with 6 Americans and followed the coast road to Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches. One of our fellow passengers had small american flags that she handed out to everyone to place on the graves at the American Cemetary at Omaha. It was really a moving experience. We placed them on the Rooselvelt brothers graves located on Row D14 Quentin died 1918...

Left Melbourne on 21st April at 3.45pm on flight SQ228 bound for Singapore. Arrived in Singapore at 11.55pm and had a three hour wait for our next flight to Paris SQ334. Finally arrived in Paris at 6.20am. We had a smooth transition through Customs and Immigration. Taxi was waiting and it took over an hour to travel 25 kms to our hotel - the Crowne Plaza Republique. We checked in at 7.30am on 22nd April. Our Room was on the fourth floor and was very small w...