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Nothing Like Being There
I hope each of you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with turkey, trimmings, friends and family.
There's an old saying "Seeing is believing." I have read about D-Day and taught it for many years but there is no way to explain what it's like seeing the beaches. Did you know the beaches stretch for over 50 miles? The cliffs the American soldiers had to scale was even more dramatic ...
Normandy
... took away from Mont Saint-Michel's notable charm, but the girls and I are pretty sure we spotted a pro from the NBA (whose name none of us could recall--naturally) who had noting better to do during the lockout than galavant around Northwestern France.
Our last full day in Normandy we drove east to Honfleur and Rouen. Honfluer is a harbor town straight out of a fairytale with lots of cute boutiques on ...
EURO-RAIL Adventure - Normandy
Bill has taken three weeks leave. Lorraine and Bill are beginning tomorrow, Sunday, 17 October 2011 our three week, EURO RAIL Trail Adventure. We're taking one suitcase and will be traveling by train through France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. We have a tour set up for Monday, 18 October 2011 to visit the beaches of Normandy and the American Cemetery in Bayeux. From there, ...
WW2 sites and museums Part 1
... are pretty tired, we see a red light in the distance and find a steak house called Buffulo Bills we look at each other and decide this is for us. These are a chain of about 300 restaurants and are the same as lonestar but instead of offering peanuts they offer popcorn! Nice steak and a coulple of beers then head back to apartment and shower and bed. Tomorrow heading back to the beaches of Utah and O'omaha to see what the yanks are up to.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Normandy
... with several unidentified graves stating "Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God." At the front of the cemetery is the memorial featuring a 22 foot statue, "the Spirit of the American Youth Rising from the Waves" facing west towards the headstones. The surrounding monument proclaims, "This embattled shore, portal of freedom, is forever hallowed by the ideals, the valor and the sacrifices of our fellow countrymen."
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