We got up so early this morning to go to the Normandy Memorial Museum in Caen. The girl at the tourist information in Honfleur said to be there by 9:00. We were but the tour had already left. You had to make reservations the day before and no one mentioned that. We had breakfast and then toured the museum. Then we got in the car and drove to the American Cemetery. We entered and from the cemetery you can see Omaha Beach. We were looking at the view and taking pictures and I notice Lola hugging someone. I walked over and there was Laura Hershey, a gal we play golf with at SeaPines. How incredible is that? We all hugged Laura. As we were walking around the cemetery we heard “The Star Spangled Banner” being played. I was walking with Barbara and we froze and put our hands over our hearts. I must say it is very emotional to be standing where thousands of young American boys are buried and hear the national anthem. Then they played taps. I took many pictures and I wanted to get a picture of a Star of David grave marker and went to the closest one. Would you believe the last name was Taylor?
What an incredible story! It is a small world. Sounds as if you are having a great adventure!
I learned of this late, so am catching up on posts. This story reminded me of one I had on a much smaller scale many years ago. Once when walking in San Fransico, I heard a familiar voice. It was Susan, singing as she walked up the street.
Thank you for letting us look over your shoulder as you journey.
Hi Jodee – We arrived home last night about 5:30 PM and not it is 3:48 AM and I am up with jet lag. We had a wonderful trip and I hope you enjoy reading about all our adventures and looking at the pictures. I probably took almost 1,000 pictures. Aren’t memory cards wonderful? Susan drove over 3,500 miles and only got lost about 50 times but I would never have the nerve to drive in Europe.