Germany - Day 1
March 8, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 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
March 8, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Great tour of the underground system of tunnels to protect the French border.
Verdun
March 8, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Saint Paul's Hotel in beautiful Verdun, France.
Cemetery - Vis-en-Artois
March 9, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Stopped here to recognize 2 relatives of a student buried in this cemetery.
Ossuaire Douaumont, France
March 9, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌙 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
March 9, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Visited an underground fort.
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, France
March 9, 2018 in France ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Visited the most amazing Cathedral I have ever seen today.
Beaumont Hamel Battlefield
March 10, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 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 leadingRead more
Cemetaries
March 10, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 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 theRead more
Thiepval
March 10, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 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 soldiersRead more
Vimy Ridge
March 10, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 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 onRead more
Cemetery
March 11, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Essex Farm Cemetery and Hospital
March 11, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Cemetery next to John McRae's hospital (see photo).
Passchendale
March 11, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
St. Juliaan
March 11, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Gas attacks were done here by the Germans. Canadians filled the gaps where French soldiers fled.
Hill 62
March 11, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌧 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
March 11, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
German Cemetery in Belgium. Very different in appearance. 50,000+ men buried here.
Ypres, Belgium
March 12, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 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
March 14, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Built by King Louis XIV.
TravelerIt’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
March 14, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 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
March 14, 2018 in France ⋅ ☀️ 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
March 15, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 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
March 15, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Le Memorial de Caen - 3
March 15, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The French Resistance
Le Memorial de Caen - 4
March 15, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C