d-day beaches

On Saturday I went on another road trip adventure with Aurore, Peter, CJ and Larissa. This time we went west to check out the D-Day beaches. I've visited the sights before but they are no less impressive a second, third or fourth time.

We started our trip at the American Cemetery because it was the only sight closing at a certain time. For about an hour I was back on American territory which was strange to think about. It blows your mind to see row after row after row of solitary white crosses, the number of lives lost. After a few minutes you get used to seeing them there and then you start to look again, this time at the names written and all of a sudden it becomes real again. It is beyond powerful.



















Then we continued along the road to la Pointe du Hoc where the Rangers scaled cliffs to attack the German bunkers. They have left the site completely preserved and the bomb craters are still there along with the ruins of German bunkers.










Afterwards we drove along the coast to Arromanches where the artifical port was created so the Allied forces would have a landing point for the troops and supplies. As you can see we were very lucky with the weather, leaving Caen we were hit with showers but it all cleared and we had blue skies for the rest of the day :-)










Here's a little shot of Aurore and Peter looking very pensive... :-)