Vimy, France

... this place.   The Canadian division was called on by the British Crown to help the campaign against the Germans in France. Being part of the Commonwealth as they were, they launched the largest artillery barrage in history up to that point.   ...

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... walk back to town with little chance of becoming road kill. Once back Meg's cider-sense was tingling and she managed to sniff out another Irish pub where we toasted a fabulous day exploring more of France and our history. Off to Juno Beach! 

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A quick stop at the awe inspiring Canadian Memorial

was mom's phrase of the day. This morning, we planned to go see the Vimy Ridge monument. We waited in line at the train station for over 20 minutes to get our train tickets to Arras, and just made our 11:20 a.m. train. Once we arrived in Arras, which is a ...