Carentan - A short walkaround
We arrived at the Train Station and turned around...
...and saw this. A promising start, the monument in front, town hall on the left (behind the trees)
Central Place in Crentan, with turism office and a pizzeria 😉
These Arcardes are appering in the later Part of the Band of Brothers episode
Thats what we were told was the Cafe de Normandie...
a bit closer
and from behind... uhm, that´s an camara error, the building isn´t curved...
and just for comparison, the Cafe from BoB...
The church of Carentan, the same error again
Screaming eagels everywere, but no museum in the city itself, just one at "Dead Mens Corner" (about 4 km away)
the 101st Airbonre Bar, if I remember correctly it´s on the Rue 101st Airborne
Yes it´s the screaming eagel again, this time in the local supermarket
Comentarii
1 August 2013, 19:49
Fabian D.No problem, If you need more infos, just ask, maybe i´ve got some i the the back of my head. 🙂
BTW. can anybody solve the mystery of Cafe de Normandie?
5 August 2013, 13:15
Günther DebiscopBand of brothers and Saving private Ryan were filmed at Hatfield airfield in the Uk where twelve different towns were constructed on the large open field, including the towns of Bastogne, Belgium; Eindhoven, Netherlands; and Carentan, France.
As they used several constructions for the different towns, none of these will resemble the "real" buildings. That's one of the many mistakes they made in the serie and movie.
5 August 2013, 14:06
Fabian D.already expectet that... BoB can´t be right compared to the real Carentan.
the funny thing is that I searched for "Cafe de Normandie" and found several buildings next to "my" Cafe, which should all repesent the same faboulous building, of wich I never found a real picture 🙂
5 August 2013, 14:30
psychopigeonI don't think that could be the Cafe de Normandie, from the accounts of the soldiers it was the first encounter at a T junction and they came from the south west. 2-506 did go past the station so it's possible, but it was described as the first engagement. Cafe du Stade seems more plausible.
16 June 2014, 15:45
Fabian D.well... I think I/we lacked time, preperation and possibilities to investigate this properly when we were there (that stop was squeezed in a 3 weeks rail trip across western Europe). Furthermore I´m not really an expert for the whole Normandy thing, and had therefore to go with that what we´re told. So no guarantee on that😉
17 June 2014, 14:07
John Van KootenGreat collage nonetheless, Fabian! 👍 Great place to be able to visit! Thanks for posting that! 👍 👍
17 June 2014, 15:56
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As promised, here is my litte walkaround, but I have to excuse me for my camera, I had just my mobile....so some Pictures were quite good, some were far too dark.