Big travel plans

Wednesday, May 21

   We decided to go to a little playground in the woods behind babi’s building. It was truly small and the kids played for about 5 minutes. After that we went for a walk down the trail.

   Before we left to go to the playground, I was wondering if there were ferries going directly to Ireland (our original plan was to go from Caen to Portsmouth in England). I found ferries going from Cherbourg which is about an hour and a half by train from Caen. We discussed changing our plan to go straight to Ireland while the kids played and decided to make a few changes. 

Here is our final itinerary:

Monday, May 26

–        train from Prague to Munich, Germany – the train leaves at 1:15 PM and arrives in Munich at 9:15 PM

–        train from Munich, Germany to Paris, France – leaves at 10:50 PM and arrives in Paris at 9:25 AM the next morning

Tuesday, May 27

–        transfer from Paris East train station by subway to Paris Saint Lazare train station

–        train from Paris to Cherbourg – train leaves at 12:08 PM and arrives in Cherbourg at 15:20 PM

–        we reserved a hotel for 1 night in Cherbourg directly across from the train station and about 1/3 mile from the ferry port

Wednesday, May 28

-          rent a car from the ferry port and make our own private D-day tour of the beaches and the memorial

-          leave by ferry at 6 PM to go to Rosslare, Ireland – the ferry arrives in Rosslare at 11:30 AM the next day

Thursday, May 29

-          arrive in Rosslare, Ireland at 11:30 AM and take a taxi to bed and breakfast we have booked for 1 night

After that we plan to spend several days touring southern Ireland and then take a ferry to Wales (the ferries leave from the same port in Rosslare).