tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post147090392712647867..comments2024-03-25T19:05:07.205-06:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Working, Playing: Travelogue: Normandy BeachesJaneGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-672852111102984292018-10-31T12:46:14.863-06:002018-10-31T12:46:14.863-06:00We used this same tour company last year when we v...We used this same tour company last year when we visited Normandy! They were great! I'm usually a go at it myself person, bit have found that specialized tours like these really help me learn more and I get way more out of them than I would on it own. My husband's a history teacher and he got a lot of things he can use in his classroom. Lindsey Sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654365166738983077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-52045729210082411102018-10-13T16:39:42.585-06:002018-10-13T16:39:42.585-06:00We made a similar trip a couple of years ago. My ...We made a similar trip a couple of years ago. My husband knows a lot about D-Day so he was my tour guide. I really didn't understand the scope and the planning that went into it until we spent a couple of days seeing the beaches and the great museums. It sounds like you had a fantastic trip, thanks for sharing!curlygeek04https://www.blogger.com/profile/17024197260947677556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-14858994670600379122018-10-11T18:29:09.979-06:002018-10-11T18:29:09.979-06:00What an interesting day!What an interesting day!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-83452951126803590882018-10-04T16:57:14.845-06:002018-10-04T16:57:14.845-06:00Jane, please forgive me, I have numerous typos in ...Jane, please forgive me, I have numerous typos in this post. Sorry!Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-81358311717626668022018-10-04T16:56:19.182-06:002018-10-04T16:56:19.182-06:00Hi Jane,
This sounds as though it was a most compr...Hi Jane,<br />This sounds as though it was a most comprehensive tour of key sites of the beaches and environs as they relate to D-Day. Ken and have contemplated doing our own WWII tour of Europe, but I think at this point, doing it all ourselves would be a stretch. Maybe a tour would be the answer. <br />I really enjoyed reading your thoughts about each site.<br />Our contemplated trips included Normandy beaches, Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam, the biggest sites of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, where my uncle fought, the key sites in Berlin, and Auschwitz, with hopefully a journey to the totally resurrected, completely destroyed by war city of Dresden. <br />Have you visited Berlin? I'm not sure I've been reading your blog long enough to know that. I'd be very keen to spend a week there I think. Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-35051512397713530382018-10-04T04:16:59.747-06:002018-10-04T04:16:59.747-06:00A good and poignant visit. The photos are wonderfu...A good and poignant visit. The photos are wonderful. I'm not one for tours either and used to go round museums quietly, but recently I've started asking room guides questions when it's not busy and it really adds to the experience.Charlie (The Worm Hole)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00675899182238415718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-59290858711815090012018-10-03T15:55:20.183-06:002018-10-03T15:55:20.183-06:00Lovely post Jane! I too went to many of these sam...Lovely post Jane! I too went to many of these same sites this summer in late June. We also were on a tour which was quite informative. The beaches, the Mulberries, the cemeteries, the batteries, Pointe du Hoc, and Arromanches -- the whole trip was fascinating. I have not read Ambrose's D-Day yet, but you have given me inspiration to do so. It was a very memorable trip for us, going with my 80+ year old parents. thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-81362175329366248202018-10-01T13:51:38.976-06:002018-10-01T13:51:38.976-06:00So cool that you got to visit all these places! Yo...So cool that you got to visit all these places! Your photos are awesome.Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-37172312733128691792018-09-30T13:26:40.112-06:002018-09-30T13:26:40.112-06:00You visited such an important place. Thanks for sh...You visited such an important place. Thanks for sharing these pictures. The Ambrose book sounds impressive. When I was younger I read a lot of World War Two history. I think that it is time that I read more.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com