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2019 Sydney New Zealand Sydney cruise

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After having enjoyed our Baltic cruise in 2018 we decided to take the 14 day Majestic Princess cruise out from Sydney sailing around New Zealand, back to Sydney. And whilst we had a great trip you only scratch the surface of New Zealand. We will go back and travel by road.

We left Perth WA on Thursday the 31st of October and spent that night at the Holiday Inn Old Sydney Hotel in the Rocks in Sydney. From our hotel room we looked out onto the Ocean Terminal, and in the morning when we looked out of our window we could see the ship towering over the buildings.

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2005 Normandy

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Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches were predominantly Commonwealth troops. While, Omaha and Utah were US troops.
One of Gremany’s shore defences at Normandy.
Pointe du Hoc
Most of the bomb craters at Pointe du Hoc were never filled in.
From this vantage point, you can still see parts of the Mulberry harbour, floating caissons leading to the shore.
Standing on Omaha Beach, where the German defences kept US troops pinned on the beach for hours.
This image is taken from the remaining German defence box at Ouistreham , looking on to Sword Beach.
A replica of the German V1 that bombed London.
Walking up the Caen Canal path that commandos took from Sword Beach to relieve the airborne troops who had captured Benouville Bridge (Pegasus Bridge) In the early hours of 6 June 1944, at the start of D-Day. The bridge in the photo is the same design as the bridge on the day. The original Bridge is close by in the museum. Note the cafe that was there at the time still remains., it is just to the left of the bridge.