Travel Day - Not

 

 

This was the day we were scheduled to depart for our third journey to Ireland.

It's not happening in 2020.  Hopefully, next year.

The Boy is Home

Austin returned after an exciting study-abroad in Germany

and we are so happy he is home!

Photo above is at PF Chang's in Lexington after a long, long flight.

D-Day 75th Anniversary - 2019

These are a few of my photos and memories from our 2017 visit to Normandy.

Above: mural at the Memorial de Caen, a must-visit museum.

~Allied Invasion of Normandy~

On June 6, 1944 some 7,000 Naval vessels including battleships, destroyers and assault craft,

attacked German positions on the Normandy coast and landed more than 132,000 

American soldiers and Allied ground troops on the 50-mile stretch of Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches.  The planning of this invasion began in 1943.

Above: a memorial at Omaha Beach

Below: craters from bombs dropped

 

Steep cliffs surrounded Omaha, the bloodiest of the D-Day beaches

with roughly 2,400 U.S. troops dead, wounded or missing. 

Below: Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Traveling with Tea

Do you take tea when you travel?

Above are some of my family's favorite Harney and Sons loose leaf teas

 in sachets which are conveniently packaged individually for travel.

And, I often pack my own bone china mug and take on travels.

Drinking tea from china tastes better, don't you agree?

And, depending on the destination and accommodations, where we are staying,

such as a condo or cabin, I have been known to take my own electric tea kettle.