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Marche de Port en Bessin et retour..
... aller manger comme toujours a Arromanches a l'hotel en face du musee, mais les gars sont pas motives.. Donc on range tout, on nettoie, et on part...
Sur le retour on s'arrete chez Ludo pour boire l'apero..
Puis on rentre... Avec Jules on mate un film...
Coucher pas trop tard..
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Caen: Walking in the Footsteps of Excellence
... I cleared. The only problem was that apparently, they're supposed to find your heart on the x-ray and mine didn't show up. Haaaa. Typical. Guess this means I really am heartless.
There's no real sense of privacy with French medicine. I went into a room with my radiologist. And she told me to take off my top. I'd heard from my friends that this x-ray was a topless affair, however, I was hoping to escape that. I didn't. I only took off my sweater, and ...
Too many lives lost
... impressive and noteworthy that there are no ticky tacky shops, no commerce, nothing human at all to disturb the tranquility or to mar the memory of those beach assaults that took the lives of so many young men. I was quite moved by the American memorial and custodianship of Omaha Beach. There is no charge to see the museum, unlike the Canadian site at Juno Beach ( although the cemetery is away from any commercial enterprises as well, with Juno Beach in the distance). One of the ...
Busy day
... for the traumatic events this country went through during WW2. I am a history buff, (kinda have to be with my major and all) so I found it very interesting. I also got my dad, a fellow history buff, a fathers day present from there.Very interesting. They also have a huge rose garden which was beautiful. Which brings me to a big annoyance I have found on this trip. My camera sucks. Bad. It sucks down battery life ...
Juno Beach, D Day
... br> We walked past a statue and a piece of artillery before we spotted a German bunker. Steve had been really excited to see one of these so he hurried over and descended down the stairs and disappeared within it. I circled around it and saw that there were no windows in this bunker. I assume that they had been filled in since the war. I followed Steves lead and descended into the bunker to take a more personal look. I am thankful that ...
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