Revisiting the Past – The Sir John Monash Centre and Thomas Henry Brown We haven’t seen a lot more of France than these northern parts of the country. In addition to the D-Day celebrations, our original plan for this tour had been to see more of the southern parts of […]
Day 3 and 4 – Barneville-Carteret We were very lucky to get so close to the D-Day beaches for at least a couple of days and given that the official ceremony this year was at the American Cemetery / Omaha Beach and pretty much a “no go” zone for cars […]
Day 1 and 2 – Port-en-Bessin I have had a desire to be part of these 80th anniversary celebrations of the D-Day landings in WWII for many years. I have long been fascinated by the planning and success of “Operation Overlord” and of the courage and sacrifice made by so […]
Our first 2 days have been airports and planes. We stayed at the airport Rydges prior to our early morning first leg flight to Tokyo and had our customary glass or two of bubbles to celebrate the start of our trip. The Qantas Lounge was pretty empty, not long being […]
Having finished all the USA states – although we will be visiting again for sure – this year we are heading to Europe. Our initial plan for this tour was to cover France and Spain. France was probably the first priority for me as I have had a desire to […]
