In depth recounting of my global wandering
Église Sainte Catherine. If you were to look for one characteristic that every European city shares, I’d suggest you need look no further than having a church as one of its most important buildings – if not culturally and historically …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The previous post ended with our group’s stop at the German battery at Longue-sur-Mer about eight kilometers west of Arromanches and 16 kilometers east of Omaha Beach. Once we arrive at the latter, we will have passed from the British …