Our recent trip to D-Day cemeteries in Normandy was a moving reminder that remembering the fallen honors sacrifice on both sides. You can’t help but be moved, even in victory, by the futility and insanity of war. As our day in Normandy with tour guide Colin McGarry concluded in fading afternoon light, we visited the …
Shopping in Munich is particularly delightful if you have an appreciation for design esthetics. German orderliness and precision was on display! Germany is a precise and orderly society: trains run on time, appointments and start times require you be punctual. If you respond to a similar esthetic in design, shopping in Munich will be one …
There wasn’t a lot of Internet info on getting to Liechtenstein. But we made it to Vaduz just fine. During the planning process for our trip to Europe, I wondered about getting to Liechtenstein. How were we going to do it? Liechtenstein is so small that it doesn’t have an airport, and Pete had his …
Our D-Day 70th anniversary exploration of Normandy landing sites led us to Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach where U.S. troops took heavy casualties to prevail against intense resistance. The first part of our D-Day 70th anniversary exploration had been spent at Utah Beach, and the villages of Sainte Marie du Mont and Sainte Mere Eglise, which had been liberated …
We photographed the faded, the forlorn and the crumbling facades. A theme – Central Europe architecture in disrepair – emerged. It was beautiful. When traveling for extended periods, you begin to cluster your impressions. It’s no longer a trip which is segmented into days, but a trip comprised of themes. This happens, I believe, because we look …
If you’ve ever watched The Longest Day, then you know the D-Day story of Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy. Our visit, 70 years later, transported us back in time. The Longest Day, written by Cornelius Ryan, is well known as the gold standard of D-Day accounts. The classic movie based upon the book, was directed by …
TGV Lyria is the high speed train from Paris to Zurich We’d been looking forward to christening the train travel portion of our latest trip to Europe aboard TGV Lyria. This high speed train from Paris to Zurich was part of a transportation-packed day which ended in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse, literally …