Normandy

We had booked a tour a couple days in advance and were pretty excited to be going to part of World War II history. We were up at 430am and made our way to the bus that was picking up at 645am. We made the 3 hour trip to our first stop, a museum.

Of course we weren't allowed to take pictures inside, but it was amazing. I learned so much as they had detailed descriptions and pictures of history from 1939-1945. They had artifacts and uniforms from the time period, and even sat down for a 30 minute video about the landings on D-Day. We then had lunch (provided for us), and were back on the bus.

Our first site was at Pointe du Hoc, where the Rangers were sent to scale these sheer cliffs to destroy enemy weapons at the top. When they reached the top, they discovere that the Germans had already moved their weaponry to another location. At the top of these cliffs, where we were able to walk around, we found many bunkers, and craters covering the grounds where bombs had hit.

They even still have the barbed wire fence around a lot of the bunkers.

Max standing in the middle of a crater

Next we were off to Omaha beach....we only got a few minutes to take some pictures.

Next was the American Cemetary.....this was one of the hardest places to visit, seeing so many gravestones for those that fought and lost their lives for the freedoms we have today. Also seeing the wall of all the names of those whose bodies were never found. Imprinted about the names it mentions that only God knows where these bodies lie.

Here are a few more pictures of our trip to Normandy

We got to see so many wonderful things on this tour. It was an experience I wouldn't trade for anything. We both got emotional at times, you see these places in movies, but until you see it in person it just isn't the same. What a great way to end our visit to France.

Next stop England!!!