Belgium calling code +32
emergency: 112
police-only: 101
U.S. Embassy Brussels
27 Boulevard du Régent (the Consular Section is at 25 Boulevard du Régent)
Telephone+(32) (2) 811-4000
Emergency After-Hours Telephone+(32) (0) (2) 811-4000
Email UScitizenbrussels@state.govConsulate Info
Passport needs to have 2 blank pages and valid for next 6mo
France: +33
emergency: 112
U.S. Embassy Paris
2 Avenue Gabriel
75008 Paris
Telephone +(33)(1) 43-12-48-80
Emergency After-Hours Telephone+(33)(1) 43-12-22-22
Email Citizeninfo@state.govConsulate Info
Type E: This socket also works with plug C. Plug F will work if it has an additional pinhole
SUN
7:40am: arrive, rental car
9:20am: Sherri flight arrive
10am: drive 2.5hr to Belgium
Passchendaele 1917 museum, Kortrijk windmills, Ghent town center
5pm: drive to Bruges
6pm: Check in; dinner and walk around, Cafe Vlissinghe
overnight Bruges Hotel Academie
MON
museums and shops closed
Canal tour
Begijnhof, Minnewater lake, Sint-Janshuis windmill
De halve maan brewery
drive to Holland or de Haan beach
overnight Bruges Hotel Academie
TUE
9am: check out, drive 4hr south to France
1pm: Jumiege Abbey
3pm: Etretat gardens, view south to Falaise Aval
5-6pm: Etretat hike or drive to top of Falaise Aval
6pm: Dinner in Etretat
7pm: Drive 1hr to Deauville
8pm: Check in and walk around boardwalk
overnight Deauville Ibis
WED
Deauville/boardwalk/beach
North: Honfleur, Trouville
South: Cabourg, Velorail bike trip
overnight Deauville Ibis
THU
10am: check out; drive 1.5hr southwest
11am: memorials, D-day beaches, Arromanches les bains
4pm: Drive 3hr to Mont St. Michel for photos from across strait (low tide 9pm)
Check in ~7pm
Overnight at Gite Le Grand Manoir
FRI
Morning in St. Malo
MSM afternoon and dinner
tide coming in around 2pm, high tide 4pm.
Overnight at Gite Le Grand Manoir
SAT
9am: check out and drive via Giverny
12pm: Monet's garden
4pm: check into hotel
6pm: Louvre, dinner, and Eiffel Tower
Overnight Novotel Paris CDG
SUN
7am: Return car to airport
BELGIUM
Day 1
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
Ieperstraat 5, Zonnebeke 8980, Belgium
9am - 6pm; €10,5 adult; 0-7 free
Broeltowers, Kortrijk
Preetjesmolen Heule, Kortrijk
Hoge Dreef, 8501 Kortrijk, Belgium
Aalbeke Windmill, Kortrijk, Belgium
Ghent
Cafe Vlissinghe, oldest tavern in Bruges
Sunday 11am-7pm, closed Mon
Gran Kaffee de Passage
Dweersstraat 26, Bruges 8000, Belgium
Sun 5:30pm-10pm, closed Mon
Day 2
Carpe Diem for breakfast
Wijngaardstraat 8, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
7am - 6pm
Markt
De Halve Maan Brewery
Sun-Wed 10am-6pm
Art Route
Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde (Begijnhof)
De Haan Sand Sculpture
FRANCE
Day 3
Jumiège Abbey
Les Jardins d'Etretat
Etretat
From the German Second World War bunker, the route leads up to the top of the white chalk cliffs. Visitors can enjoy magnificent views of the ocean, cliffs, Etretat and beach, as well as the Falaise Amont on the opposite end of the town. (The parking lot at the top of this rock can be annoying empty even on a busy day.) Behind the arch at Falaise Aval is the 77-m high Aiguille needle rock. Further to the southwest is the Manneporte, which Maupassant famously described as an elephant dunking its trunk into the ocean. This is the largest of the three arches at Etretat. En route it is also possible to see in the sea the remains of 18th-century oyster beds. The stairs and path leading to the top of Falaise Amont seem a bit steeper, especially nearer to the town. It's possible to drive to the Chapelle Notre Dame de la Garde/ Falaise Amont. The road is narrow and long sections single lane with blind corners – drivers traveling in the direction of the red arrow should give way, or reverse.
Day 4
Deauville
Honfleur
Trouville
Cabourg
Velo-rail (south of Caen and Vire)
Day 5
American Normandy Cemetery
Cimetière Américain, 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer, France
9-6pm; free
Omaha Beach
Utah Beach
Arromanches les bains
Day 6
Mont St-Michel
Parking
Tides
Aug 31 - high 2:02am / low 8:47am; (1pm see it rushing in?) high 2:59pm / 9:47pm
Sep 1 - high 3:49am / low 10:34am; (2pm see it rushing in?) high 4:35pm / low 11:19pm
Famous omelet at La Mère Poulard
St. Malo
Le Grand Be and Fort, St. Malo
Day 7
Château Gaillard
Giverny
PARIS
Deyrolle
