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Day 3: Normandy
I really don't even know how to describe what we saw and did today. We caught a train to Caen and then rented a car, driving up the coast of Normandy to follow Grandpa DeAngelis's WWII path. We stopped first at Omaha Beach, despite the fact that grandpa wasn't there, because of the historical and emotional significance. We walked through the museum, watched a short video, then walked around the memorial and the cemetery ...
The D Day beaches of Normandy!
... this trip to Normandy was the high light of our trip. Nothing I can share with you, words or pictures, can replace the experience of walking the beaches our troops did back in 1944 and experiencing that history first hand. Ken and I are already talking about a return visit at some point in the future. We will spend time in Normandy and give the area the time and attention it deserves - Paris will just have to wait! ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 3
After leaving the cemetery, we headed up the coast to the beach memorial further along Omaha beach. The whole day was overcast, so we couldn't tell where the silver sky ended and the reflection of it in the sea began. I thought I would feel some sort of profound sadness standing there, in the place where so many have died; but all i felt was the wind. It fact, it was kind of serine. The events of 70 years ago are just a shadow of what remains. In truth, people use this beach as ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
... monument surrounds a bronze statue of a naked man known as the "Spirit of American Youth." Behind the memorial statue is the Wall of the Missing, also a semi-circle garden. Inscribed on the walls are 1,557 names. Over the years, during constructions and searches, some of the bodies belonging to these names have been recovered and identified. When someone is found, their name gets a bronze roseette next to it; there are only about a dozen names on ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 1
... teasing us because we were taking pictures of everything, and we both said it was so we could post the pictures on our blog. Of course, I am a picture taking fiend regardless, but I wasn't about to tell Jane that. After that, Haley and I found out that we had a lot of other things in common, like the fact that we love to explore new places and have cool adventures, and, of course, to blog. We found out that we don't live too far from each other; she's from Boston. Over ...
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