Right around the corner from Westminster bridge is a memorial to a time in London’s history when the people banded together to fend off death and destruction. The Battle of Britain Monument stands on the bank of the Thames across the water from the London Eye and near Whitehall and Parliament. Hi there! This post…
If you are touring Europe and not sure whether to include Nuremberg, Germany, here are five reasons to visit this historic and charming city. Hi there! This post may contain affiliate links. That means I earn a bit of money if you purchase products through me. This involves no extra cost to you and it…
Where did the Allied Codebreakers of WWII carry on their secretive, vital work? It was at an unassuming place outside London called Bletchley Park, a Victorian mansion and its grounds and outbuildings. The house, on its way to ruin, was grabbed up by the Allies in WWII, and some of the greatest secrets of the…
A highlight of my travels is a tour of the Normandy D-Day area behind Utah Beach in a 1942 Jeep. And you, too, can experience this! American paratroopers landed behind Utah beach in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, before the Allied assaults on the beaches began. British paratroopers landed at the east…