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      Family of 6, Normandy to Zell Am See - plane, train or automobile?

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      We are spending 5 weeks in Europe this summer and have allotted ourselves 7 days for Paris, arriving on July 24th. We need to be in the Zell am See area of Austria by July 31rst in the am. We originally intended to stay in Paris for the whole week as it is our 4 children's first time there but my husband now wants to go to Normandy and see the D-Day beaches.

      We have a lot of luggage and there are no direct trains between Normandy and Zell am See - I don't relish running through numerous train stations with our children lugging our 12 enourmous duffel bags plus hand luggage in under 12 minutes. Flights are either outrageously expensive or involve numerous stops as well. And one way car rentals for 2 days seem to run at around 1,500 Euros not to mention I have yet to locate a car that accomodates 6 passengers plus a ton of luggage.

      Any ideas?

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