Saturday, August 20, 2016

Paris part 2

So we spent an entire day examining some of the battles of WWI and some of the reasons for that war, as well as saw the site where the French Revolution started.  As well as the location were Louis XVI was stopped and arrested while trying to escape the Country.
But now we are in Paris, and Amy is eager to show the boys some of the French Revolution Landmarks here.
 This is the castle where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned.  It served as one of the last stops before the accused were tried and executed.  We also saw the place of the Bastille and some other spots of Historical note. 

Of Course no trip to Paris would be complete without viewing some of the other Iconic Tourist attractions.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Paris

We have been in France for 8 Months now and have really not done any site-seeing.  We decided to take the kids to Paris and see some of the historical sites before leaving the country.
 First Stop:  Uncle Don Marshall took us to see some of the WWI trenches and the Crown Prince of Austria's Bunker during the war near VerDunn.  We later say the second largest US military foreign Cemetery where at one time 48,000 Us military service men were buried.   The boys learned about the first World War as well as some about the second.

Here is a US WWII tank that was left behind while the Allies pushed Germany out of France.
From here we are on our way to Paris to learn more about the French Revolution.