Day-Day Tour

Hello day! The 'd' in D-Day stands for day.

It was another cold, overcast, very windy, sometimes sleety day. The weather however was no deterrent to our almost 10 hours day taking in, stopping by or visiting 17 tour locations via motorcoach bus with seven other couples. The tour did not disappoint. We visited the emotional military cemetery, Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. Plus a small church where both German and allied wounded troops were treated and an interesting paratrooper museum and more. We were given detailed accounts of battles, heroism and loss of life tragedy. If we did the stops on our own we would have maybe got to half of what we saw. We had lunch at a throwback park run by the tour company. They suck every dollar possible from you. The trip ended in a 12th century make shift hospital church still had blood handprints on the pews and cracked floor where a shell had burst through the roof and hit but did not detonate. WWII tourism is big but done tastefully, not cheapened by commercialism.

It's amazing to think what the world would like had the allies not defeated the axis of evil. Imagine what it was like to be the third wave of troops to see your brothers all down before u as you land and the door opens. What they did was incredibly courageous. It was great to see the respect and honor given to all.Lue lisää