I once had a girl – A visit to Honfleur

Still in Le Havre, we woke up Monday morning to perhaps the heaviest rainfall we’d had on any day of the trip thus far. Although it wasn’t as windy as it had been yesterday, the weather remained rooted on the …

Remains of an elegiac day – part 3 – a mournful Perf Chat

The time to start our return to the ship was drawing nigh and, for me, the prospect of “dinner and a show” was welcome on this dismal and somber day. Sometimes, though, a somber mood can be broken by something …

Remains of an elegiac day – part 2 – the American Cemetery

Memorials Sur la plage. If you are moved by visits to battlefields, if your emotions are stirred by battlefield memorials, or if you feel the shared pain of loss – be it national or familial – on a visit to …