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2016 was, among other things, a year of castles for us. Turns out we got to see a total of 28 castles in 8 different countries, which so far is a record for us. Some […]
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2016 was, among other things, a year of castles for us. Turns out we got to see a total of 28 castles in 8 different countries, which so far is a record for us. Some […]
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2014 was another fun travel year for us, although I did slow down a little bit in attempting to reach my goal of visiting every country in Europe. I added only three countries to the list […]
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The day after we attended the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, we visited a couple of other towns in the area. As I mentioned in the D-Day post, we had been to Normandy before. […]
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We were lucky enough to be living in Europe on June 6th, 2014. That day marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the day of the Allied invasion at the beaches of Normandy, France. When […]
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Verdun, France has been on my list of places to visit for a couple of years. Visiting this year made it more meaningful, though, as it’s the site of a World War I battle and […]
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Amiens, France is another place I’d wanted to visit for a long time after reading about it a couple of years ago. It’s about 75 miles away from Paris and was a 5-hour drive for […]
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The weekend of September 27th, we spent 2 nights in Colmar, France. We had been hearing great things about it for a couple of years and finally decided to go. It’s just under a 3-hour […]
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On our way home from Reims, we planned to visit two World War I sites run by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Our first stop was the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial. The Meuse-Argonne […]
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We spent the long Labor Day weekend in Reims, France. Reims is one of the centers of the Champagne region. Although the term “champagne” is often used to generically describe sparkling wine, legally only sparkling […]
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When we left Nancy, France on July 14th we made a little detour to visit a World War I monument and a World War I cemetery, both run by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The […]
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