Where Europe was Saved

Today was an all day trip. To Normandy. Where the second front in the fight against the Nazis was opened. Where Europe was saved by American, British, Commonwealth and Free French troops. Sixty years ago.
Where the 1st Rangers climbed rocks at Point du Hoc only to find out the big guns they were supposed to silence were gone, stripped out to fight the Soviets on the Eastern Front.
And lots of other stories of heroism and sacrifice abound.
We went to Omaha, Utah and Sword beaches. Sword Beach is near a small resort town that’s kinda fun looking. Point du Hoc is still in the same condition that the Army and Navy left it in. Lots of craters still. We also visited the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach.. Very moving.
We started the tour at the D-Day museum in Caen with a catered lunch and time to muse the museum.
You need to do the basi tour to see Normandy Beach unless you are planning to rent a car. Just cough up the dough to take the tour. It’s easier that way. Bring your AAA card though. If you buy it there in person you get 10% off.
It was a 3 hour or so bus ride to Normandy. The three of us got seats in the front. It was on the upper deck of the basi and it had a good view to fall asleep with.
On the ride back, though, I was faced with UA Nightmare #2. Some baat poh decided that I was too comfortable with an empty seat next to me and declared that she got carsick if she sat in the middle of the bus and said that her needs were more important than ours and plopped her fat ass next to me.
Now, for those of you who know me, I snore pretty loud. To the point that there are only two others who sleep louder than I do. But since this baat poh was next to me, that meant no sleep for me.
Guess what she did? She popped some pills and promptly passed out. Couldn’t she have done that where she was??? And because of that, I couldn’t sleep. No space. Too cramped.
Did I mention that I had to wake up at 0500 to get to the tour office by 0645 to be on the basi by 0700? I was a cranky dude man.
We got back around 0930. But we found a ramen shop for dinner. Then we found a souffle place for dessert. So the day ended on a nice note.