Germany and Beyond: War and Peace


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November 30th 2013
Published: March 30th 2014
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Berlin - Bavaria - Paris - Bastogne - Christmas Markets -- our German vacation was so full of spectacular sites, that I just would not be able to fit it all in one blog! Therefore, I will write this in sections, with each major segment of our trip having it's own post. This is segment 4: War and Peace! We have been planning this vacation for years! Well, sort of. My friend and old co-worker, L... Read Full Entry



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St Pierre Church of Bastogne

Statue out front of the church.
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Mardasson Memorial

Located in Bastogne, Belgium, this is a memorial dedicated to all the men of 101st Airborne, and their attached units, that fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Mardasson Memorial

Bastogne, Belgium If you look at this from the top, like from Google Earth, it's the shape of a 5-point American star (with the circle in the center). Wish we would have gotten there earlier. :/
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Mardasson Memorial

Bastogne, Belgium
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Mardasson Memorial

All of the units involved
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Mardasson Memorial

All of the states involved etched into the top ring.
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Mardasson Memorial

There story of the battle etched into each pillar. I didn't take pictures of all of them.



31st March 2014

Beautiful!
What an amazing trip and wonderful History lesson. I would be overjoyed to be walking thru there where so much history took place. I would probably still be pinching myself to see if it was real, so I can understand why the last entry of the blog took a while to write. The church was absolutely beautiful, as well as the Advent calendar building. That would be so cool to watch the performances there every night. Thanks for sharing your adventure! :)

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