Le Privilege Verdun
"Marie-Elise Et Claude Pech, Haudainville" Verdun, Lorraine, France
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Conclusion
... peu voulu, a été ponctuée d'imprévus et donc fatalement, j'ai du souvent improvisé. Ce qui est d'un coté très bien, un voyage sans personne pour te dire quoi faire ou comment les faire, ça te laisse expérimenter la chose et la ressentir d'autant plus. Par contre, en faisant celà, on passe forcemment à coté de beaucoup de choses.
Personnellement, ça n'a pas beaucoup d'importance, vu que je compte bien y revenir dans un avenir proche et voir ce que j'ai raté la première fois.
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Just could not stay away
Well we were in europe when the tour was on so .............. 6hr and 600k's later we are in Verdun at a cheap version of a Formula 1. Why? So early tomorrow we can drive to Epernay to watch the start of stage 5 of the tour de france :)
Currently waching the Germany v Spain game which is pretty boring ...
Verdun, Lorraine, France - Day 33/34
... the bridge only seconds later, we looked down quite a long length of track expecting to get another look – and it was goooone. It was like it was never there!! Did we REALLY see that? 300kph is QUICK! What an amazing and a lucky experience.
A while ago, when I was in my 20s, I read a book on the WW1Battle of Verdun and what I read has been an enduring memory. I have since read other books on ...
A small town of big historical importance
We entered Verdun in the afternoon, after a long road from Czech Republic. Our surprise was huge when we saw a swimming pool on the camp site! "Let's jump to the pool!" was our first thought. Then we had some supper and went sightseeing. Verdun is a charming little town. We walked through the city centre, the medieval gate, saw the monument commemorating the war etc.
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13/05/2009
... it only had to surrender weeks after the German did occupy France and the armistice was signed. As a sign of respect the French crew of the "Fort De Fermont" was allowed to parade out of the fort with full military honours.we then returned to Etain for a fast change of clothes to head to my cousin jean-claude for diner. I will not bore you with the menu but a lot was homemade like fois gras ...


