{"id":4566,"date":"2019-06-11T22:35:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T02:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2020-01-21T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T03:40:06","slug":"france_and_austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/06\/11\/france_and_austria.html","title":{"rendered":"France and Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A planned trip to Vienna for a conference in early June made me wonder if this would be an opportune time for a long-awaited visit to the beaches of Normandy. The timing\u2014on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion\u2014seemed right, and my dad accepted my invitation to come along. We had a great time touring Normandy, with stops in Giverny, Mont-Saint-Michel, Le Mans, Chartres, and Paris, as well. After a week in France, I headed to Vienna for a short conference, and then back home to remind the kids that I exist. <\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361158932\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Giverny\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361158932_8986fd91d1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Giverny\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361059902\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361059902_459d73f952.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361313977\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Pegasus Bridge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361313977_61d407ba61.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Pegasus Bridge\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361330616\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"\u00c9tretat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361330616_021aa71bb1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"\u00c9tretat\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361316491\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Honfleur\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361316491_9d9a2e95fb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Honfleur\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361441532\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Arromanches\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361441532_007bcfd479.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Arromanches\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361298411\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Bayeux\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361298411_cb26e17ffa.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Bayeux\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361418522\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Mont-Saint-Michel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361418522_ee2fc33dc0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Mont-Saint-Michel\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361414282\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Motor Museum of the 24 Hours of Le Mans\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361414282_6482521e32.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Motor Museum of the 24 Hours of Le Mans\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361410557\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Chartres Cathedral\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361410557_04c47bf2db.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Chartres Cathedral\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/48361272221\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Chartres Cathedral\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48361272221_7124c0b50b_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" alt=\"Chartres Cathedral\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And Vienna, more film and, of course, <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.photobooth.net\/archive\/2019\/06\/17\/viennese_visit.php\">photobooths<\/A>:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/49422019823\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Vienna 2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49422019823_0becebe8da.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Vienna 2019\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btmeacham\/49422708262\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Vienna 2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49422708262_879e484d6a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Vienna 2019\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A planned 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The timing\u2014on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion\u2014seemed right, and my dad accepted my invitation to come along. We had a great time touring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4569,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions\/4569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}