Part 1, A day in Normandy..Profoundly moving experience...

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.

Tom has always been the war buff in this family. His knowledge of wars astounds me at times. Having never taken a particular interest in past wars, other than feeling pride and compassion for our loyal soldiers, I didn't expect I'd find the 10 hour day exploring Normandy interesting.

The region of Normandy is rich in history and charming for its appealing French architecture of century's past.

Not only did we both find visiting Normandy interesting but, our hearts were embraced by the way France and the US have maintained a peaceful and respectful tribute to our fallen soldiers from World War II.

Of course, we're anxious to share some of the many photos taken throughout the day. Unfortunately, we just returned from our small group of eight chartered tour and...time is short.

The fog rolled into the Normandy region as shown in our early morning two hour drive

It's almost 7:45 pm Monday evening and our dinner reservation is at 8 pm tonight leaving little time to complete today's post with photos before getting changed and ready for dinner. Most likely, we'll return to our cabin after 10 pm tonight with another early morning chartered tour. Sleep will be the first priority.

As in many other areas of Europe many of the homes and buildings are attached, each with its own definitive front.

This Thursday will be our first "sea day" and Friday, our second, during which I'll finally have time to complete Parts 2 for today's, Tuesdays and Wednesdays tours. As a result, over the next few days, there will be a short post each day with only a few photos with more following upon completion, each of which will be clearly marked as to the event and part number.

Once these are posted, we'll be back to our normal daily schedule with many sea days as we sail across the Atlantic Ocean sharing information as to the ship, the wonderful people we've met, the activities and of course, many food photos.

The area is filled with tourists from all over the world.

Please check back tomorrow at about this same time for the Part 1 of the short post regarding Tuesday's chartered tour to the Stonehenge in England. By far, this will be the busiest cruise we've ever experienced and look forward to sharing details with our readers.

Be well.
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Photo from one year ago today, September 1, 2013:

The final goodbye to the house in Boveglio as we began the drive to Venice to spend the night and begin the 22 hour flight to Kenya. For details of that date, please click here.