Le Memorial de Caen - 5
2018年3月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Le Memorial de Caen - 4
2018年3月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Le Memorial de Caen - 3
2018年3月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The French Resistance
Le Memorial de Caen - 2
2018年3月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Le Memorial de Caen - 1
2018年3月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Pegasus Bridge
2018年3月14日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
The British 6th Airborne Division landed gliders near this bridge in near silence on June 5, 1944. Each glider held 28 soldiers.
Brettville Canadian War Cemetery WWII
2018年3月14日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Versailles Palace
2018年3月14日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Built by King Louis XIV.
旅行者It’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 😊
Ypres, Belgium
2018年3月12日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Langemark German Cemetery
2018年3月11日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
German Cemetery in Belgium. Very different in appearance. 50,000+ men buried here.
Hill 62
2018年3月11日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 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).
St. Juliaan
2018年3月11日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Gas attacks were done here by the Germans. Canadians filled the gaps where French soldiers fled.
Passchendale
2018年3月11日, ベルギー ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Essex Farm Cemetery and Hospital
2018年3月11日, ベルギー ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Cemetery next to John McRae's hospital (see photo).
Cemetery
2018年3月11日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Vimy Ridge
2018年3月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 onもっと詳しく
Thiepval
2018年3月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 soldiersもっと詳しく
Cemetaries
2018年3月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 theもっと詳しく
Beaumont Hamel Battlefield
2018年3月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 leadingもっと詳しく
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, France
2018年3月9日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Visited the most amazing Cathedral I have ever seen today.
Fort du Vaux, Vaux-devant-Damlou, France
2018年3月9日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Visited an underground fort.
Ossuaire Douaumont, France
2018年3月9日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 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.
Cemetery - Vis-en-Artois
2018年3月9日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Stopped here to recognize 2 relatives of a student buried in this cemetery.
Verdun
2018年3月8日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Saint Paul's Hotel in beautiful Verdun, France.
Maginot Line
2018年3月8日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Great tour of the underground system of tunnels to protect the French border.