Germany - Day 1
8. März 2018 in Deutschland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
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.
Maginot Line
8. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Great tour of the underground system of tunnels to protect the French border.
Verdun
8. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Saint Paul's Hotel in beautiful Verdun, France.
Cemetery - Vis-en-Artois
9. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Stopped here to recognize 2 relatives of a student buried in this cemetery.
Ossuaire Douaumont, France
9. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
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.
Fort du Vaux, Vaux-devant-Damlou, France
9. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Visited an underground fort.
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, France
9. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Visited the most amazing Cathedral I have ever seen today.
Beaumont Hamel Battlefield
10. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A significant battle took place here on July 1, 1916. The 29th Regiment (from Newfoundland) lost about 85% of thier men this morning. Thier battle was riddled with miscommunication and errors leadingWeiterlesen
Cemetaries
10. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We visited cemetaries all around the area today where students had family members buried or named on a monument because they couldn't find thier body. Great research and presentations from theWeiterlesen
Thiepval
10. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
HUGE Monument to recognize all the missing soldiers in the battle of the Somme. As more soldiers' bodies are still discovered each year, they scratch off the names on this monument when the soldiersWeiterlesen
Vimy Ridge
10. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
The place where Canadians first fought as a country. They succeeded in taking Vimy Ridge back from the Germans. The memorial contains the names of soldiers without graves. I found my family's name onWeiterlesen
Cemetery
11. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Essex Farm Cemetery and Hospital
11. März 2018 in Belgien ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Cemetery next to John McRae's hospital (see photo).
Passchendale
11. März 2018 in Belgien ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
St. Juliaan
11. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Gas attacks were done here by the Germans. Canadians filled the gaps where French soldiers fled.
Hill 62
11. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Actual natural trenches. Very muddy. Inside were so many war artifacts and photo boxes with hundreds and hundreds of photos by soldiers during the war (some of them very graphic and gory).
Langemark German Cemetery
11. März 2018 in Belgien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
German Cemetery in Belgium. Very different in appearance. 50,000+ men buried here.
Ypres, Belgium
12. März 2018 in Belgien ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Every single night at 8pm they do a remembrance ceremony at the Menin Gate to honor the thousands and thousands of fallen soldiers. Thier names cover the monument.
Versailles Palace
14. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Built by King Louis XIV.
ReisenderIt’s spectacular isn’t it?! Looks like you had a beautiful day there! It was POURING rain the day I was there, when I was 15.
Shannan SchimmelmannI love it! Went with a girlfriend in 2002 and I was so impressed the experience has never faded, can’t wait to return one day maybe with my daughters 😊
Brettville Canadian War Cemetery WWII
14. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Earnest Casorso from Kelowna is buried in this cemetary as well as the youngest Canadian soldier, Gerard Dore. We have been doing charcoal rubs of many headstones.
Pegasus Bridge
14. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
The British 6th Airborne Division landed gliders near this bridge in near silence on June 5, 1944. Each glider held 28 soldiers.
Le Memorial de Caen - 1
15. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Unbelievable war museum. So well done. It will take many posts to share my photos and experience from here. Each place we stop I wish I had more time to explore.
Le Memorial de Caen - 2
15. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Le Memorial de Caen - 3
15. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The French Resistance
Le Memorial de Caen - 4
15. März 2018 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C