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Day 3: Normandy
... There was a monument to Major Winters of the 101 Airborne ( Easy Company) in an area where the paratroopers were dropped, scattered, before the D-Day push to trap the enemy from behind. After visiting all of the cities where grandpa went on his campaign, we opted for a late lunch/early dinner at a family restaurant in Carentan aptly called, "The 101st Airborne Restaurant and Bar." Okay, we thought it would be a tourist trap ...
Brest
... la seul fois de ma visite. Après diner, Delphine m'est venu chercher dans le bar et m'a amené dans son appartement, et oui, c'est vraiment SON apartement. Elle à 25 ans, phsychologue et possède déjà un apartement. Pas mal, est l'apartement non plus. C'est très grand avec un beau mobilier et une vue supèrbe sur la mér et le stade de foot (on peut même voir les match ...
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
... br> Cute Marine: "Ok, so maybe that's not what's in there."
His accent was so cute we didn't really care what was in that bunker. Ok, we kind of cared; we didn't end up going in that one. In most of the bunkers we just found large, empty, square rooms with low ceilings and poor ventilation. To get into the bunkers, (especially the damaged ones), we had to climb down slippery, muddy stairs that should be deemed unsafe for human travel. In almost every bunker, ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
... crosses in the cemetery because the writing is filled in with gold, and engraved down the vertical section of the cross are the words "Medal of Honor". We did not venture to find his grave marker while we were there because there are just too many to look through.
There were some elderly men in Veteran caps walking through the rows with their families. Jane told us that sometimes elderly veterans come to find friends they knew from the ...