October 20th...
Dieppe is a cute little coastal town...with a Sunday market (over 200 tents - including a fish market), a big church (albeit one that's in need of some repair) and a number of memorials to Canadians who fought in WWII there in late 1944 which gave the Allies much intelligence to help with the D-Day effort. And in October, it's a little quiet vs. what I'm sure it's like in say, August.
But since we have some distance to make today (to Bayeux), we need to get driving. The great thing is, is that we are able to drive close to the coast a good part of the way there. And pass through a ton of cute little French seaside towns. Broke my heart...or not;)
Besides stopping at a tourism office to quickly pick up a Normandy guide, the only stop on our way was the Beny-sur-mer Canadian WWII Cemetery....just up the road from Juno Beach with 2049 marked graves. Was fitting to start there as after we checked in/had a bite to eat, we headed to Juno Beach memorial. Again, we hear so much about the U.S. involvement (which makes total sense), it was good to learn more about Canada's role - and just how key it was in addition to Britain's and France's was.
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