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| Craig in shell crater - yes it's that big |
Deciding that the boys needed to have some separate time, Craig took David with him for his morning jaunt to Pointe-du-Hoc, where the U.S. Rangers scaled the bluffs on D-Day to attack a battery. The site has more-or-less been left as-is. Of course, there are wild grasses growing in the shell craters, and the mangled rebar from the destroyed bunkers is very rusty, but the place gives a feel for the chaotic destruction of an assault.
They also went to the new Normandy Tank Museum (yes, that's its official name, even though the proprietors are French). It's basically just a big warehouse with vehicles and mannequins dressed in equipment. They had excellent period big-band music playing over the speakers.
Yolanda and Andrew stayed at the gîte and did homey activities, such as watching German tween TV shows.
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