Program 560: Enjoying National Parks; France 2019; Puzzle of Polynesia

As National Parks Week approaches, a guidebook author joins us to share ideas for exploring America’s 59 national parks. Then tour guides to France help listeners plan their summer voyages, with advice for marking the 75^th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, and enjoying a "babymoon" in Paris. Plus, the author of "Sea People" tells the fascinating story of how Polynesians came to populate the most far-flung islands on earth. 

• Becky Lomax, author of "USA National Parks" (Moon)
• Patrick Vidal, French tour guide
• Graeme Sutherland, tour guide to France
• Christina Thompson, author of "Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia" (Harper Collins)

• Becky Lomax has compiled detailed information about all 59 of the U.S. National Parks in the Moon guidebook "USA National Parks."
• The Cycle to the Sun bicycle race on Haleakala, on Maui, is held in late June.
• Normandy tourism lists events connected to the D-Day anniversary in 2019.
• The Caen Memorial Museum is hosting special exhibits about Rockwell and Roosevelt, and the Cold War.  
• Gite.com is one of the sites that specializes in renting gite accommodations across France.
• BonjourParis.com lists the winning bakery for the best baguette in Paris competition. A new winner of the prix de la baguette will be declared on April 17.
• Christina Thompson is the author of "Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia."  Christina is also editor at the Harvard Review Online. 
• Publisher's Weekly review of "Sea People": 
• Information about the Polynesian Voyaging Society and its landmark sail around the world on the Hokulea.