Well we are not actually back in the states now. In NYC but i am going to continue to update the blog a couple more times about the final days of our trip.
On Thursday we rented a car and took off into Western France. We had two places in mind that we wanted to see: Mont St. Michel and the Normandy Beaches.
Mont. St. Michel was truly one of the coolest places we have ever seen. It is just this cone shaped island that pops out of no where in this bay. It now has a road built to it, but it didn't when it was originally built. There was only one way on or off the island. During low tide a small land bridge would emerge from the sea. During high tide, which is said to "come in at the speed of a galloping horse," there was no getting on or off the island. Even during low tide it was still very dangerous due to quick sand. This proved to be a great defense as this place.
The church on the top was super cool. It is still crazy to see how much attention people payed to to details.
We felt like we were so high up. We could see so far.
The view from the road on the way out during low tide. Unfortunately, no tide came Galloping in while we were there. The high tide was not going to be until 11:00pm and we had to get the car back before then.
Our second stop was the Normandy Beach landing site. This was such a powerful place to stand.
Omaha Beach
Utah Beach
It was so crazy to see all of the original fox holes and tunnels blown to rubbel
Where they used to keep a turret of some sort.
All of the fox holes and craters were still there
I think it meant more going to this after we went to the the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. We were able to see what we were fighting for and then see one of the most important battle places.
...Eric
On Thursday we rented a car and took off into Western France. We had two places in mind that we wanted to see: Mont St. Michel and the Normandy Beaches.
Mont. St. Michel was truly one of the coolest places we have ever seen. It is just this cone shaped island that pops out of no where in this bay. It now has a road built to it, but it didn't when it was originally built. There was only one way on or off the island. During low tide a small land bridge would emerge from the sea. During high tide, which is said to "come in at the speed of a galloping horse," there was no getting on or off the island. Even during low tide it was still very dangerous due to quick sand. This proved to be a great defense as this place.
The church on the top was super cool. It is still crazy to see how much attention people payed to to details.
We felt like we were so high up. We could see so far.
The view from the road on the way out during low tide. Unfortunately, no tide came Galloping in while we were there. The high tide was not going to be until 11:00pm and we had to get the car back before then.
Our second stop was the Normandy Beach landing site. This was such a powerful place to stand.Omaha Beach
Utah Beach
It was so crazy to see all of the original fox holes and tunnels blown to rubbel
Where they used to keep a turret of some sort.
All of the fox holes and craters were still there
I think it meant more going to this after we went to the the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. We were able to see what we were fighting for and then see one of the most important battle places.
...Eric
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