My apartment at Pont du Hoc
On Friday, we loaded up in the Furman bus for the 7.5 hour drive to Normandy. We were all fairly excited and in high spirits. There was lots of talking, lots of laughter, lots of napping, and lots of reading for school. Eventually, we made it to Bayeux! We dropped our stuff at the hotel, and then Sey, Cameron, Mary Grace, Theresa, Leah, Connnie, and I went to this great pizza place for dinner. Yum! Such good food and hilarious conversation!
Saturday morning we met our tourguide Claire and loaded the bus for our tour of Normandy. We went to a German cemetary, which was interesting. Then we headed to Utah Beach, home of one of the invasions. What a cool place! Not only was it wonderful to stand by the ocean again (!!!!), but it was incredible to think about American soldiers leaving their ships and storming the beaches.
Utah Beach
After a while we stopped for lunch. We grabbed sandwiches, pastries, and drinks, and then we headed to picnic on the beach! Talk about ideal...So perfect. We headed to Pont du Hoc and saw where the Americans attacked the German bunker. We got to tour inside the bunker, which was interesting. Afterwards we headed to Omaha Beach, where soldiers stormed the beach to push back the Germans. Incredible. Then we went to the American cemetary - wow. The graves are endless. Row after row of soldier who sacrificed that I might be free. I just can't get over that. This was particularly moving because those men where my grandparents' family and friends. I'm so thankful, words cannot even express it.
Omaha Beach
American Cemetary at Normandy
On the way home, we stopped at these German guns, but the field was so inviting that I had to have some frolic time! I just want to build a house on this spot and give tours to Americans all day and drink my tea overlooking the ocean...Sigh.
Frolicking. So wonderful!
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