Hotel de Paris Barneville-Carteret

The Isle of Jersey is truly a delightful place. My choice to come here was a pretty much last thought kind of deal after I had already made arrangements for Iceland and England. So thought I'd pop over here for a quick overnight rather than spend the time in London trying to see sights I have seen before. I am quite glad I did and just wish I had thought of it before so I could have spent more time here. It has a lot of history but I was only able to see a ...

found out yesterday that sky europe has ceased its operations. just great. that is one leg we had flying from Prague to Venice so now i'll have to find another way and i'm sure it won't be as cheap. well, if that's the only problem i run into for 4 months, eh?...

... walking back and the water seems to be much higher and closer to the sidewalk and I notice that there is a portion that is already underwater. A family is on their way out to the castle and having a great time wading through the water but I stop them and make them turn around since the castle is closed. The tide is definitely coming in and I have to take off my shoes to wade through the flooded part, maybe 6 ...

... br>Our wonderful friends took us to Angouleme for the afternoon, a stunning old medieval city. My camera was very busy trying to capture absolutely everything we saw!

Tue. 14th Jul. Viville.
A very lazy day and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
After dinner we watched Bastille Day celebrations. More than 20 minutes of fireworks at a little village called Jarnac. A warm still night ...

... It was quite the celebration with a Navy band and all. It was awesome.

And by the way, these guys are absolute celebrities over here. They are followed by reporters and autograph seekers, the paparazzi and anyone else who is around. You can hardly push a wheelchair anywhere without running into one. It was the greatest treatment of WWII vets I have ever seen. They truly are heroes to this country. Once again the sunglasses came out to hide the tears ...

... the steak than the steak itself. Jacqui had some past which she liked a lot. Then it was time to make our way back to the ferry terminal. It's just a short walk. We did take the time to do high and low tide pictures in the harbour. Spent about 7 hrs walking around total...

Then we got on the overnight ferry to Portsmouth...

... actually sits right on the beach. In fact, it was built on top of wiederstandnest 5, which housed the original museum before this modern one was built. As you walk in the front door, you can clearly see the outside of the old blockhouse, which now separates the lobby from the museum. Displays include a huge sand table of the beach, a movie about the invasion, two Dodge DUKW-353's, and a tobruk, among other items. In front of the museum, you'll find a ...

... history where Gen. Gavin said to Bob Rae, "All right, you've got to go." Meaning, Gavin though the attack had stalled so he needed more troops to go out and press forward. It is said that you could walk from the American position to the German position without ever touching the ground as there were that many dead Americans on the ground. Trust me, it is a lot of ground to cover. With Rae's men crossing the ground under fire and taking causalities, many ...

... starts flickering on and off. So stopped by the road trying to figure out where the heck to go (should have taken the french map me dad offered me.. DOH!!). Then Steff wouldn't start, wouldn't even turn over.... I begin to cry, but after 5 mins, she starts, checked a bus route and kind of figured out which direction to go, cross the river Noire, then get back on the stupid N844. I then figured out that the N844 was the ring road around Nantes... not to worry, only ...

... I almost forgot to mention how many cows I saw, thousands. The night before we got in to France they showed Saving Private Ryan, so I kept flashing to scenes from the movie. I kept thinking that only 57 years ago American Troops were slowly making their way through this terrain on their was to Paris. The WWII even now elicits feelings of honor and pride for me, the United States was engaged in a noble task. How different it is for our generation and our attitudes about ...