Late Monday night we found out that Blake's grandmother passed away so we all pretty much did not sleep trying to figure out if we needed to change flights to get them home for the funeral. After talking and researching we decided it was better to just stay due to all the additional fees it would cost. It was bitter sweet to leave mom and dad especially knowing it would be another year before we saw them again. We should have planned things a little better and stayed with them longer. There was still so much to see and it was great have some one on one time to just spend time with them. Thank you mom and dad for letting us take over your flat and showing us the ropes of your new town. We are all so proud of you and all the hard work and dedication you have for your mission. Keep up the good work, can't wait to see you again. I Love you and miss you.
At 3am Tuesday morning we took a 2 hr drive that we thought would be shorter to the airport to catch a 6am flight yes we barely made it! We landed in Paris and got the rental car and off we went on another adventure.
Marissa sat 3 wide the whole trip with her parents, it was so cute how much she wanted to just be near them.
Heading out of Paris there was a ton of traffic so it took us a while to find other routes.
These yellow fields are everywhere, we never figured out what they were but everyone had them so they must be used for something in the farming industry. Whatever they were they were beautiful to see. Loved it
First stop Normandy to see D-day history. This was right off the highway entering into Normandy.
This was at the exit of one of the museums and on the wall was this quote - "If ever proof were needed that we fought for a cause and not for conquest it could be found in these cemeteries. Here was our only conquest all we asked... was enough soil in which to bury our gallant dead." General Mark Clark
Omaha Beach
US Memorial
Imagine men of all ages scaling down these cliffs to get to the beach with bullets coming at them and in these waters are men that never even made it to the beach and drowned from the weight of there packs.
All the craters made from the bombs, I stood in the middle of one and it was a least 10-12ft deep. An amazing reminder of what sacrifice our troops do to give us the freedom that we have today.
Some of the German barracks blown apart from the bombs.
We did not spend as much time as we could have here but what we saw was just amazing and hard to believe what these men went through to take over the German/ Hitler reign.
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