Hotel Le Bayeux

... many. My French guide made the comment as we explored Normandy... "I may have been speaking German now to you if it were not for those that fought here." Their sacrifice affects many, and touches many... as my guide gave us the details of the American Cemetery, the Australian man next to me had to excuse himself. There is not much else to say, but, Thank you.

... house to
thank them -- particularly Yvette -- for saving his life. As he was
leaving, he said to Yvette, “I want you to always remember that I
did not kill that German.” And the Meunieres never heard from Cliff
again.

Flash forward to one of the major
anniversaries of D-Day (and unfortunately I can't remember if it was
the 40th or the 60th). The town is alive with
returning veterans, media, observers and so on. In the days leading
up to the actual ...

... Hotel
d'Argouges. I'm in the Maison du Jardin, and I have a view of the
service courtyard. The room is large, with a high beamed ceiling, a
double bed, and a shower stall with two doors on it! There is
supposed to be WiFi, but it's broken or something. I was given a plug
that goes into the wall and into my laptop and is supposed to allow
Internet access, but I still can't get online.

Bayeux
is a cute little town whose main street reminds me of Britain.
Rolinka ...

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... yesterday, was very cool. I am getting a good lesson in history......

Then today we saw where the allied forces built the temporary port, also very cool. Now in McDonalds.....yes I know, but its the only place in town with WIFI. Have decided to head south tomorrow, as it is now sunny outside but was a bit rainy earlier today and just reminded me too much of England weather......

The end seems like a good place to begin. For it’s only at the end that one can take time to reflect on what has been. And it’s at the end of today that some of the most prominent images take place. Ones that set the tone for the rest of the day. Images such as a poppy wreath laid at the foot of a grave. One of 100’s in a cemetery dedicated to the lives that were lost in the second world war. A wreath with a ...

... at those beaches because they were the ones that I was most interested in but more of a factor was the day is only so long and I could have spent a day at each beach going to the museums and reading the courageous stories of the brave Allied service men and women.

Well we have erased most of the spiritual healing we received at Mt-St-Michel and while it is depressing to think of all of the lives lost the main emotion is pride. We keep driving to Caen on our way to Paris.

The Invasion of Normandy We joined the Overlord Tour and started at Omaha Beach - it was a full day at the beaches, cemeteries and retracing Easy Companies steps. We drove the beach and our tour driver explained where the pillboxes and machine gun emplacements were located. It was amazing soldiers actually made it ashore - the placements would have cris-crossed the fire zone, making this one hell of a place to be on 6 June 44. The ...

... that time it was after 7, so we had to start heading back. We stopped in a tiny town called Courseulles-sur-mer to grab some dinner. Juno Beach was near the town, but we didn't get a chance to see it. They had a bunch of restaurants lining a small harbor there, and we picked one out after looking at the menus. We had another nice dinner in Normandy. Jason tried the mussels, which he liked a lot. We finished dinner at about 10 and set ...