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