Today was really a travelling day as we had to get from Normandy to Amiens. After another tasty breakfast from our B&B hosts, we bid our farewell and had a few sites to catch up on we had missed so far. Not far away was Brecourt Manor which was the […]
The B&B we are staying at has quite a history. It dates back to 1180 when it was a viking property. In WWII the Germans used it as a command post prior to the D-Day invasion. The 82nd Airborne parachuted in and took the little bridge early on June 6 and […]
We were now on our way to Paris – our scheduled trip of 11 hours due to get us to Paris around 09:30. As our bunks were already in position there was no seating in the cabin so we all went straight to bed. It is amazing how you can […]
Continuing with my overdue reports, we next had a full day in Munich before our night trip to Paris on the train. As the train did not leave until 22:42, we had a bit of a lazy start and left the hotel about 09:30 and headed to the train station […]
We are finally at Normandy – St Mere Eglise to be precise. My reports to HQ are behind due to problems with communication connections in Munich so I have a little catching up to do. They will come over the next couple of days. Today has been frantic, hectic – you […]
