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09-07-2008, 11:11 AM
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09-07-2008, 11:19 AM
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Omaha Beach & Pointe-du-Hoc
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09-07-2008, 11:21 AM
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German bunker and gun site at Pointe-du-Hoc
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09-07-2008, 11:34 AM
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then to London...I saw alot in London...not many pix though...all the big tourist sites ( Picadilly, Big Ben, Houses of Parliment, Bukingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, London Bridge) and a few museums ( the Tate Museum of Modern Art, V&A, and Museum of Natural History)
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09-07-2008, 11:35 AM
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09-07-2008, 11:43 AM
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Great trip Slingah!
Personally, I think the French living in Normandy are the nicest, and most hospitable people in France, especially to Americans. That area is beautiful and daunting and very humbling. I was fortunate to visit there several times in the 80s.
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09-08-2008, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Went to edinburgh when i was in the service.......great place. Loved the castle and how it overlooked the city.
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Originally Posted by Slingah
very cool city Dad....it was mobbed with tourists..kind wierd being in those cities with big designer stores plopped in the middle of such historic places
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Great trip Slingah!
Personally, I think the French living in Normandy are the nicest, and most hospitable people in France, especially to Americans. That area is beautiful and daunting and very humbling. I was fortunate to visit there several times in the 80s.
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the people were great JR...I feel blessed to have seen the area...I've started reading Stephen Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers..then will read them all....best part of the trip...
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09-07-2008, 11:45 AM
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Matt, nice trip, thanks for sharing it. 
Thought it was quiet for awhile in here.  |
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09-08-2008, 01:31 PM
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Matt, nice trip, thanks for sharing it.
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