Campanile Morlaix St Martin des Champs
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Day 3: Normandy
... any night! We patted the dog on the way out and wished the family a wonderful night. I'm not sure they understood what we were saying, but they smiled anyway. A train ride later, we're back in Paris. Tomorrow, Dad and Tom will travel to Metz to see another city that grandpa was in, while Brad and I see more of Paris. We'd go too, but Dad and Tom have an extra day on their train pass due to a logistical error on my part, so they ...
The D Day beaches of Normandy!
Back in 2003 Ken & I participated in a RV tour of Europe. We visited Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and France during that three week trip. As part of that trip we took a bus tour of the Normandy invasion beaches. It was a somber day and one that we have not forgotten.
We had always said that if we ever found ourselves back in France we would make every effort to re-visit the Normandy area. So, here ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 3
... be the perfect ambiance for the dank, dark places we were crawling into.
Haley and I made a point to explore every bunker we could find. Almost all of them were just dark, cold, stone rooms underground. A couple had lights in them so tourists could get a good look, but, overall, we needed to rely on Haley's iPhone flashlight app. At one point, we were convinced we were going to get stuck, (or taken by the evil spirits of the dead German soldiers in the bunkers), and ...
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
... France and across Europe. The film ends with an aerial panning over the beaches with thousands of men lying dead. As the plane with the camera gets faster an faster, the image changes to color and footage from today of a shinning white sanded beach bordered by crystal blue water: an Atlantic vacation spot. The movie only lasted 15 minutes, but the entire time i couldn't help but wonder how the heck reporters and camera men got so much footage on D-Day. How is it ...