The day after we arrived, which was a Tuesday, it was beautiful weather, so we decided to go on a boat trip on the Mosel, a river running through part of Germany. The views from the river are amazing. Here's one of them, behind Beppe and Ilianna:
On Wednesday we drove to nearby Bastogne and visited a war museum. For any of you who have seen "Band of Brothers" or any other Battle of the Bulge related movies or documentaries, the town of Bastogne will sound familiar to you. On the way to Bastogne we stopped outside of Foy, near the Bois de Jacques, where we found a monument dedicated to Easy Company, the company featured in "Band of Brothers". Seeing the monument with all of the names of the men of Easy Company who were killed during the battle of the bulge felt very personal all of a sudden, maybe because of the fact that we have seen "Band of Brothers" very often, and we feel that we know the main characters who fought and died here. It's hard to imagine, until you have actually been there.
After discovering the monument, we decided to explore the woods. We had heard that there were foxholes, still intact, and went in search of them. We ended up finding quite a few!
The woods were very quiet and it was quite eerie feeling knowing what had happened in those woods more than 60 years earlier.
Later on in the week we went to another little town in Germany called Monschau. This picture gives you an idea of how pretty it was there:
Another beautiful town was in Luxembourg. The town of Vianden was once home to Victor Hugo, and on the top of the hill overlooking town is a beautiful castle. Here are two of my favorite pictures:
Our last day trip was to Durbuy, Belgium. We visited a topiary garden and walked through town. Once again we found another castle:
This last picture is also the last photo I have of our vacation. It was definitely a successful vacation with memories that will last a lifetime!
1 comment:
love all the pictures...would have loved to be there with you guys!
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