June 28,2012 Normandy

We left the Mount St. Michel area and drove up the coast up France to Normandy.We were looking forward to seeing all the D-Day sights.Our first stop was to the Airborne Museum. They had a lot of information on the Paratroopers and in the town on the church steeple a parachute still hangs.When the paratroopers were landing a young man landed on that very church and they keep it there to honor him. The museum had a couple of planes one being a glider that was used to land with men and supplies.After visiting the museum we went to Utah Beach were the landings took place.They have a museum there and a you can walk the beach where they landed.Next we went to Utah beach and walked around the area where the craters are still there from the bombs.They are everywhere.There are lots of German bunkers and the area tells the story of our men landing on the shores and climbing the cliffs.When you see movies of D-Day you can really visualize how it was being there.Our next stop was the American Cementery. This is a beautiful place of peace overlooking Utah beach.When you looki at all the crosses you have to stop and reflect on all these men did for their country.It was very moving.Our next stop will at Calais when we take the ferry over to Britain.