Best Western Hotel Melba Bastogne

Mr. Mrs. Vernaud and Daniel joined me for breakfast at 6:30 am. I had still suffered the effects of jet-lag during the night, so the strong Swiss coffee was very welcome! After our good-byes, Mr. Vernaud drove me to the Nyon train station and bought me a ticket to Geneva. I hopped on a train just before it pulled out and ended up standing in the entry area with my luggage since the train was full of morning commuters. Also in the entry were three American kids, one teen and two of primary ...

... area about 5 minutes outside of town that she takes the dogs to. It is a huge farm and there is a road that winds all the way around it. It took about an hour to walk the length of the road. The dogs love it. It was a bit chilly, especially when the wind was blowing. Conrad had to stop and feed some cows. It was fun to play with the dogs.

When we got back to the car, we went to see a waterfall. It was a ...

We got up this morning and headed on our way to Diekirch, Luxembourg. We had heard that there was a more interesting military museum there and seeing how Luxembourg was on our list of visits we headed out. As it was getting on toward evening and we had put in a few good hour driving on all back roads we decided to pull into a McDonalds and book a room for the night. We took a look at the map at surrounding towns and the availability of hotels on Booking.com and decided on Vianden and ...

We woke up in Aachen this morning and decided to drive through the back roads to Belgium and pay a visit to Bastonge, were thousands of soldiers as ell as civilians died during WWII's Battle of the Bulge. The only real reminders are a Sherman Tank sitting in the middle of town and and the memorial ...

... I'm a fan of. Cute little villages like those that I've been to in Switzerland but lacking that little bit extra in presentation.

I only got to see a few towns in Luxembourg but there is certainly a lot more to explore. I highly recommend the wine district that runs along the border with Germany.

... held the positions. We stopped at the monument for the 502nd since we had a vet with us from the 502nd. Jim somewhat remembered that he was positioned on a small rise just outside of Champs.

We also stopped at the position of the 506th. Yes, that would be E Co. 506th of the 101st. We stopped at the monument to the 506th and then we went to E Co. positions in the woods overlooking Foy. I actually had the opportunity to walk around in the woods around Easy's ...

... the weather cleared and the allied planes were able to take to the air and push the Germans back and eventually win the battle. The town was completely demolished in the battle. However, it is now rebuilt and they celebrate the win every December with a parade, military tanks, etc. Gun turrets mark streets in the town. If you are a WW II history buff, then this area is a must stop on a tour.

... Germans completely surrounded Bastogne and demanded that the Americans within the perimeter surrender. The famous reply given back to the Germans by General McAuliffe: "Nuts!" Hence, the nickname for the town today is "Nuts City". After checking out the memorial, I walked back through town to the Patton Memorial. It's in tribute to George S. Patton, whose army broke the siege on Bastogne and saved the city. The memorial is in a ...

... raha Belgia kasumiks andma.

Aga pood iseenesest oli natsa väiksem kui Chicagos, kuid mööblivalik nagu igalpool, samasugune. Leidsin palju asju, mis mul endalgi kunagi ostetud sai ja USAsse maha jäi. Paljud asjad on just kaugemalt vaadates hästi lahedad, aga lähedalt silmitsedes kas plekist või plastmassist :D No aga külalised ei peagi ju kõiki asju kodus käperdama, eks!

... in the Battle of the Bulge. It is a really big monument overlooking the fields where the battle was fought. Around the top is the names of the States where Americans who had died in the battle were from. We climbed to the top and looked out over the snowy fields....as they would have looked during that cold winter and it was really moving. One thing that I really have to Jerry credit for....he really does have us experience first hand ...