AT#914 - Travel to Normandy, France

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 September 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Hear about travel to Normandy, France as the Amateur Traveler talks to Kat Butler from World Wide Honeymoon and France Voyager about this historic and wonderful part of France. Why should you go to Normandy? Kay says, "Normandy, I think, just offers so much. My road trip, that I did last year, was literally to prove that there was so much more to Normandy than the D-Day beaches. You've got Mont Saint Michel, the cider route. You've got the countryside. I think that Normandy makes some of the best cheese. You have The beaches. You also have places like. Giverny. You've got Etretat, which has the beautiful cliffs. It's well worth a visit." Kat recommends a seven-day itinerary for Normandy, France, that offers a rich mix of history, culture, nature, and gastronomy. Here's a summary of her suggested itinerary: Day 1: Paris to Giverny, Les Andelys, and Rouen ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-normandy/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amateur Traveler episode 914. Today amateur traveler talks about invasions and
0:07.4	Joan of Arc, Cider and Camembert, Monet and William the Conqueror as we go to Normandy in France. This is Chris
0:16.9	Christensen from Amateur Traveler. Let's talk about Normandy.
0:20.9	I'd like to welcome Cat Butler from Worldwide Honeymoon.
0:28.1	And the Worldwide Honeymoon show. Thank you so much for having me. Thanks.
0:43.0	It's always great to have another travel podcaster on.
0:45.0	I have a higher confidence that this will go well, especially someone who talks a lot about France.
0:52.0	So, Kat, what is your connection with France as a whole
0:56.0	and then Normandy specifically? So my connection with France as a whole is it
1:01.2	started back in 2012 when I was studying abroad in Grenoble or
1:05.6	Renob. Yeah in the Alps and so I spent a semester there and that's where I fell in love
1:12.2	with France and after that I just was
1:16.2	addicted to traveling to France and decided hey why don't I start a second blog
1:20.6	all about France travel called France Voyager and it's my excuse to go back a lot now which is great.
1:28.0	And to Normandy specifically, one of my best friends is from Dauville in Normandy and so she grew up there and just had so many great things to say about it and
1:38.1	Dauville is actually a sister city to Lexington Kentucky which is where I went to university,
1:43.8	and that's how I met her.
1:44.8	And yeah, so I just got a soft spot for both the Alps
1:48.6	in France, but also Normandy through my friend.
1:51.4	And I've spent some time in Normandy through that.
1:54.0	Excellent.
1:55.0	Yeah.
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