1999-03-20

• St. Malo, a walled city.
  • [click for picture] L'Hotel Chateaubriand.
  • [click for picture] L'Hotel Chateaubriand next to one of the walls.
  • [click for picture] The wall, from outside.
  • [click for picture] L'Hotel Chateaubriand, visible thru a gate in the wall.
• "Pointe Du Hoc" ("Hoc's Point"), a D-Day beach.
  • [click for picture] Bunker ruins.
  • [click for picture] A demolished bunker.
  • [click for picture] A bunker.
  • [click for picture] Another.
  • [click for picture] Inside a bunker. It was a strange, dark feeling to be in there.
  • [click for picture] Looking out of the bunker toward the beach. It was a bright day; the overexposed shapes visible in the window are the legs of passers-by.
  • [click for picture] A memorial.
  • [click for picture] Its inscription.
  • [click for picture] The beach to the left.
  • [click for picture] The beach to the right.
• The cemetery at Omaha beach. Officially, it's American soil. The French gave it to us in a gesture of thanks.
  • [click for picture] A statue at the memorial.
  • [click for picture] The grounds.
  • [click for picture] Omaha beach.
  • [click for picture] Many a life has been paid for freedom.
  • [click for picture] A poignant reminder.
• [click for picture] Sonya and i shared some interesting seafood.
• [click for picture] La Tour Eiffel at night, 287 days before the year 2000.
• [click for picture] La Tour Eiffel at night, 286 days before the year 2000.