Off to the Ardennes......

Martin Bull · #1 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2004, 07:50 AM

.....again !

The place we stayed last Autumn was so nice that I've persuaded my wife that we should go again ! [img]smile.gif[/img]

We're off next Saturday for a week and....by the purest coincidence (

).....next Sunday just happens to be the day of the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation International Militaria Fair in Bastogne !

Just half-an-hour from where we'll be staying....heheheheheh

Stevin · #2 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2004, 10:34 AM

Wow...what coincidence....

Have a good time, Martin! I am sure you will, the Ardennes will be beautiful this time of year and it will be much more comfterable walking the battlefields.

Erich · #3 (**permalink**) May 3rd, 2004, 11:37 PM

Martin, and take many pictures, not just of your wife. throw yourself in a few so we can see what you look like, and most important keep the journal(s) in hand and take in-depth notes. I am envious............

thanks again for the sweet Lanc pics and Gisela article

Erich der Alt

5-0-duce · #4 (**permalink**) May 4th, 2004, 04:11 AM

i would enjoy visiting Normandy, and the Ardennes sometime in the future, maybe when i get out of the army (after i join :S) i would love that, me and my reenacting buddy both think though that we wouldn't be able to keep from crying if we were to go to the beaches...but.. er

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BratwurstDimSum · #5 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004, 06:26 AM

Ahhh....Bastogne! To be there again...it feels like yesterday when I was freezing my B***s off in a tent in February this year. What I liked when I was there was the fact there were NO tourists and I enjoyed the creepy solitude of the panzers dotted around the countryside...but Bastogne, give me that with a huge crowd and vehicle festival anyday...

I can't think of a better place to be for the 60th anniversary...sod the beaches [img]smile.gif[/img]

Have a great time Martin!

Martin Bull · #6 (**permalink**) May 27th, 2004, 11:58 AM

I thought of you as I roamed around the Bastogne foxholes, BWD !

Got into some serious walking around Bizory and Mageret - there's still a lot to see if you are patient. The local tourist offices and museums are really getting 'geared up' for the commemorations, and all the 3rd Army kilometre markers are getting a fresh coat of paint....