Day Trip: Sainte Mère Eglise

Visiting the sleepy town center of Sainte Mère Eglise, where American paratrooper John Steele’s parachute caught on the central church’s spire, can feel a bit random. As you squint up at the dummy soldier whose parachute still clings to the church, you might feel puzzled about why you came in the first place. But after visiting the Airborne Museum, you’ll start to understand the inextricable bond between this town and its past as the setting for the nightmare that unfolded the night before the D-day landing. Sainte Mère Eglise is also a great place to stop for a bite and stretch on the long drive down to Mont St. Michel.