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Day 3: Normandy
... over the beach; it was extremely moving. The memorial they have there is phenomenal. The next stop was Utah Beach, where grandpa landed two weeks after D-Day with the Signal Corps. Here, dad got to see for the first time where his father came ashore in WWII. It was incredible. We walked over the crest and saw the beach, walked down and touched the water. We even grabbed a couple seashells for keepsake, and -- get this -- ...
The D Day beaches of Normandy!
... this trip to Normandy was the high light of our trip. Nothing I can share with you, words or pictures, can replace the experience of walking the beaches our troops did back in 1944 and experiencing that history first hand. Ken and I are already talking about a return visit at some point in the future. We will spend time in Normandy and give the area the time and attention it deserves - Paris will just have to wait! ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 3
... for help from some of the cute Royal Marines strolling around the base. They were obviously there to learn as we were, but they seemed much more apt to climb into small, ill-lit, cold places than we were. Before going into one of the bunkers, we asked a couple of the marines who were coming out, what we could expect in there:
Me: "So what's in there?"
Cute Marine: "Close your eyes."
Me: "What? Why?"
Cute Marine: "Because that's what's in there."
Me: "We have ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 2
... monument surrounds a bronze statue of a naked man known as the "Spirit of American Youth." Behind the memorial statue is the Wall of the Missing, also a semi-circle garden. Inscribed on the walls are 1,557 names. Over the years, during constructions and searches, some of the bodies belonging to these names have been recovered and identified. When someone is found, their name gets a bronze roseette next to it; there are only about a dozen names on ...
The Beaches of Normandy Weekend: Part 1
... of the trip, we would hang out a lot, (as you will see in the pictures), and even plan a trip to explore Athens together. We were both so excited to find a travel buddy because we had both been having trouble finding people in our program group who wanted to see everything there is to see whilst we are here.
Anyway, back the museum. It was pretty interesting; they use all types of media genres to help the visitors understand the feeling of the era. In ...