For our base to see the beaches of Normandy, we stayed in a little hotel just outside the main city area of Bayeux, France. The room was really small, but the area was nice; we could see the town of Bayeux and there were cows right behind the hotel, which Rebecca thought was cool. Related […]
We took a short detour to Dover from Calais. Calais to Dover appears to be the shortest distance between France and England. We had breakfast (such as it was) on the ferry, watched the White Cliffs approach, and then disembarked to take a short trip to Dover Castle. Related Images:
In Flanders Fields…no poppies grow, between the crosses where the mowers mow! At least not in the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem, or around the town of Ieper, where the In Flanders Fields museum is located. Still, both are worth a stop and made a good start to our “military history trip”. […]
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It was an easy drive of just a few hours from our house to the hotel in Brussels. The skies got grayer and the temperature chillier as we drove, but fortunately it didn’t actually rain on us while we explored a few of the sights. Related Images: