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Sunday, July 22, 2012- The Battle at Bulge



Near the town of Bastogne, stands the monument for the battle of the bulge. It was beautiful, somber and peaceful. The actual monument is in the shape of star. The stone is on top of the crypt that the soldiers lie. You can climb a set of spiral stairs to get to the top. The top is an observation deck. From the deck you can see the town and the cows, you imagine what it must have been like for those soldiers on both sides. It was nice to see that the grounds were kept so nicely. It was free of charge. It was nice to see that no matter who was there it was respected and clean.

We then went to the downtown Bastogne. It was bustling even on a Sunday. It reminded me of mix of a quaint Jersey town and a postcard. I was told that it rains a lot in Belgium. When there is an ounce of good weather, people take advantage of the good fortune.

Everything here looks like a postcard picture to me. I keep thinking that this cannot be real. We drove through the back roads of Belgium from the Battle of the Bulge. The different shaped houses to the colors to the stone work. I kept thinking to myself this is not fair. I was consistently gobsmacked by the beauty of the country. I liked that there was so much nature around.

My only complaint for the trip was that Europeans don’t seem to know what traffic rules are. They don’t use turning signals. They are consistently passing each other on the road. So annoying.
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