Life goes on in Barfleur

lifegoesoninbarfleur.jpg

A peaceful scene at the port of Barfleur, on the tip of the Cotentin Peninsula. The port was liberated without a fight on the 21st of June 1944 by C Troop, 24th Cavalry Squadron attached to the US 4th ID.

900 years previously Barfleur itself was the point of embarkation on another invasion fleet, that of the Normans on their way to invade England.

Same location in 2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlq/4702807339/