Today we learned all about the American invasion of D-day at Normandy. We toured with an Englishman named Ellwood. He told the most fascinating stories both good and bad things about the whole operation. We started out in a small town called St. Mere Eglise where there is an Airborne Museum all about the 82nd and 101st airborne paratroopers who dropped into this town and all over the rest of Normandy. After that, we drove to Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc (where the rangers climbed up cliffs to take out a key target, German guns pointing at the Utah and Omaha Beaches), and Omaha Beach. The sights were unbelievable and when we looked at the pictures Ellwood showed us that were actually from D-day, we could not believe how little the places had changed. We then drove to the American cemetary honoring the fallen soldiers from the D-day invasion. This is the cemetarywhere the movie Saving Private Ryan started and ended. The landscape was absolutly beautiful. Then we came back to our little town of Arromanches and had a fantastic dinner and then went and had crepes (which were also amazing!!) for dessert!!
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