Cows, Apple trees and WW11

Early start to Normandy. Passed apple orchards where the make apple 🍎 cider and beautiful healthy looking cows 🐄. These wonderful beast make are famous for producing delicious cambernet cheeses 🧀 😋. Enough of the feel-good stuff. Now, onto the sombre stuff. Headed to Normandy - Utah beach and Omaha Beach and onto the American War Memorial. Over 425 American soldiers landed on these beaches as well as Canadian, British, and other European countries. They fought the German's to take back control of this beautiful French region. Over nine thousand American lost their lives and are buried in graves here. 21,000 German soldiers are also buried in unmarked graves. No matter what side they are still someones son, father, brother or husband. War is a terrible thing 😪
Onto Honflueur tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing how Joan of Arc was BBQ 😶Read more