Day 2
Fort du Vaux, Vaux-devant-Damlou, France
March 9, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌙 7 °CVisited an underground fort.
Visited an underground fort.
130,000 unnamed soldiers lie under this monument. Bones visible through the windows. Crosses mark 14,000 identified soldiers actually buried here. What a humbling experience.
Stopped here to recognize 2 relatives of a student buried in this cemetery.
Saint Paul's Hotel in beautiful Verdun, France.
Great tour of the underground system of tunnels to protect the French border.
Stopped on the side of the road for a bathroom break. Boris put some hotdogs (weinerli) on the grill for us. Just passing through cute little Hilbringen.