点评:We were blessed to have Eric Turnbull as our guide for 2 days touring the American Sector beaches. Eric is highly knowledgeable and does a great job of communicating this overwhelming amount of information in a way that weaves a story of the entire D-Day campaign from the US perspective. We told him months ago when booking that we planned for 2 day guided visit and then would follow with one day on our own to see museums, monuments, etc. Based on that, he recommended a 2 day concentration on the main sites familiar to Americans - but we still received information on the entire D-Day events with enough detail to help us understand.
We saw many other "guides" on our days together and could not have chosen a better person for us. We thought we would only come to the beaches once in our lifetime - so wanted to make the best of our time and have a private guide. The big bus tours or even smaller vans weren't going to do justice for what we hoped to experience. We were not disappointed !
We spent two lengthy days together and never felt we were rushed, given a canned presentation, or a bother with our endless questions. In fact, we think we hit it off well and highly recommend this experience. Eric's memory is photographic for all things WW II and D-Day in particular. We knew we were getting facts and not editorial opinion and he really put us right there.
A memorable conclusion to our visit was the time at the American Cemetery at the end of the second day where he tastefully described the setting but then left us alone to experience the emotions of being there with the silence broken by Taps. Our time together could not have concluded in a more meaningful way.
Any time and expense you spend on a private tour with Eric will be memorable.
翻译:我们非常幸运地请到了埃里克·特恩布尔 (Eric Turnbull) 担任我们两天的导游,带领我们游览了美军登陆海滩。埃里克知识渊博,他能将海量的信息以引人入胜的方式呈现出来,从美国的角度讲述了整个诺曼底登陆战役的故事。几个月前预订时,我们就告诉他,我们计划参加两天的导游带领游览,然后自己安排一天时间参观博物馆、纪念碑等等。基于此,他建议我们集中两天时间游览美国人熟知的主要景点——但他仍然为我们详细讲解了整个诺曼底登陆事件,帮助我们更好地理解。
在我们一起游览的几天里,我们也见过许多其他的“导游”,但我们觉得埃里克是最合适的。我们原本以为一生只会来一次诺曼底登陆海滩,所以想充分利用时间,选择一位私人导游。大型旅游巴士甚至小型面包车都无法满足我们对体验的期待。我们最终没有失望!
我们一起度过了漫长的两天,期间从未感到被催促,也没有听到千篇一律的讲解,更没有被我们没完没了的问题所打扰。事实上,我们觉得彼此非常投缘,强烈推荐这次体验。埃里克对二战和诺曼底登陆的一切都记忆犹新,尤其对这方面更是了如指掌。我们知道他讲解的是事实,而不是主观臆断,而且他真的让我们身临其境。
第二天行程结束时,我们参观了美国公墓,这给我们留下了难忘的回忆。他用优雅的语气描述了公墓的氛围,然后让我们独自感受那份肃穆,直到军号声打破了寂静。我们这次的行程以如此意义非凡的方式画上了句号。
参加埃里克的私人导览,无论花费多少时间和金钱,都将是一次难忘的体验。