The Nurse and I took a day and made the trip to Normandy to where the invasion of D-Day started. It was a very moving experience. Once you see the terrain the American forces faced you asked yourself how they ever managed to gain a foothold and eventually move inland. The only remnants on the beaches are the bunkers, pillboxes, bomb craters, and some ruins in the ocean. The area is now a resort area like we would expect along our Atlantic shore. The visit to the American Cemetery is difficult to describe it's a small version of Arlington National Cemetery and strong statement on the sacrifices our troops made. Remember 90% of the first wave on shore was lost.
We made the trip as part of a private tour. There were only five of us in the van which allowed us to get to know our guide. It was over 500KM round trip and took over 12 hours. I'm sure our guide worked time as cabbie in Paris. He never drove the speed limit and never missed an opportunity to pass a vehicle on a narrow road. But, he was a wealth of information and we learned a lot. The day ended with us having French onion soup, wonderful bread and wine at our favorite sidewalk cafe. Comparatively speaking Mancy's soup is just as good.
Back to daily golf. We had a good group show up yesterday. Eleven plus Seth. For the second time this year my group won. We "ham and egged" it well and thought we would win by a wide margin. But, -23 was just a good score, and enough to hold off all others. I finally sat down and counted the SOTD money and am happy to report we are again over $100 in the pool. We are due for a winner and had several close calls yesterday.
More about the trip tomorrow.
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