Normandy Beaches
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Gate1 Tour Marcy’s dad had always wanted to go back to Normandy to pay respects to his fallen comrades. We finally made it back for him, and our son Jared did the same 10 years ago. Our visit was on Thursday, May 25, 2017, but I set the post date […]
LOOK AT THAT “S-CAR-GO”
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Tour – Gate1 The blog title is the punch line to an old joke, but I won’t even go there right now. Meanwhile, it is Friday night and we find ourselves back in Paris at the Marriott Rive Gauche. A number of people have joined our tour and […]
PLEASANT CAFE, SAINTE MÉRE EGLISE, NORMANDY, FRANCE
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Tour – Gate1 PFC Clifford Maughan landed in this spot in Sainte Mére Eglise via parachute at 01:45 am on 6 June. He was promptly taken prisoner by a German Soldier billeted in the building behind – who then turned around and surrendered to PFC Maughan!
ALLEZ À GAUCHE NE VONT PAS À DROITE
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Gate1 Tour This is a tale of jet lag, and I hope I have my French correct. The title is supposed to say “Go to the left, do not go the right” Our Tour of France adventure began Saturday, May 20th as we departed home at noon for the […]
CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC, FRANCE
Today’s excursions took us across Lake Geneva to France. Our first stop was the medieval city of Yvoire, and from there our tour bus drove us an hour south to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the heart of the French Alps. Lunch in France sounded so exotic to us, but our excitement was dampened a bit by […]
LAKE GENEVA EXCURSION TO YVOIRE, FRANCE
Technology has thwarted us a bit lately, but we remain committed to the task of blogging our summer trip. The YouTube videos you have seen so far are courtesy of Microsoft Movie Maker, but I am in a remote location and my laptop does not have the graphics capacity that Microsoft requires. I finally found […]
