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Verdun. There's several forts you can tour

Posted: 01/03/2024 at 01:43 PM ET
(In response to this post by Chris Coleman)

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So I'm thinking for my trip this year...
Chris ColemanAdmin 01/03/24 10:56 AM ET
If you're that close to Amsterdam, you should go **
HokieHigh 01/03/24 05:48 PM ET
I have always wanted to go to Luxembourg...
vthhhi 01/03/24 04:43 PM ET
End in Zurich
calihokie 01/03/24 03:59 PM ET
Save lots of money before you get to Zurich. You'll need it**
Galenahokie 01/04/24 09:51 AM ET
Remember that the summer Olympics will be in Paris this year**
HokieHi71 01/03/24 03:57 PM ET
some ideas for Belgium and the Netherlands
HokieMacDaddy 01/03/24 03:01 PM ET
If in Normandy, you have to hit up Mont Saint Michel
Vtskier1 01/03/24 02:32 PM ET
Amen, brother!**
HokieHi71 01/03/24 03:55 PM ET
Wife and I did London, Normandy coast and Paris for the 70th anniversary.
Hokie Knight 01/03/24 02:13 PM ET
Jeez - pretty spry for ~90 year olds..... ;)**
RTFC 01/03/24 11:38 PM ET
Include Stuttgart and go to the Porche / Mercedes Museums.
hokiehunter07 01/03/24 02:05 PM ET
Verdun. There's several forts you can tour**
HokieJamie 01/03/24 01:43 PM ET
I enjoyed Paris last year, so many places to go. We walked everywhere
KfgsHokie 01/03/24 01:37 PM ET
Brussels and Antwerp (just in) are nice because they aren't very touristy.
UTPr0sim 01/03/24 01:33 PM ET
Arnhem Bridge in Operation Market Garden. Better known as a Bridge too Far
Hokebury 01/03/24 01:19 PM ET
Eperney/Reims/Chateau-Thierry…..
CrystalCoveHokie 01/03/24 12:32 PM ET
Possibly Sanctuary Wood & Hill 60 near Ypes,
Atlee Hokie 01/03/24 12:19 PM ET
Tour the "Usine de Reddition" in Paris, its the world's oldest manufacturer
HokieNoVA 01/03/24 12:15 PM ET
Bruges.**
SRE87 01/03/24 12:05 PM ET
Yeah, I'm considering that as a possibility.**
Chris ColemanAdmin 01/03/24 12:23 PM ET
Just don't have a heart attack in the tower**
great2bahokie 01/03/24 01:48 PM ET
Heard this was a "must see"**
EDGEMAN 01/03/24 12:01 PM ET
No doubt. Might have to take a detour.**
Chris ColemanAdmin 01/03/24 12:22 PM ET
Definitely watch the movie just before your trip.
EDGEMAN 01/03/24 12:37 PM ET
One thing you can be sure of...
Chris ColemanAdmin 01/03/24 12:56 PM ET
Make sure you visit Bratislava in summer...
Big Sexxxy 01/03/24 02:11 PM ET
Belgium for the beers of course ;)**
Brewing_Hokie 01/03/24 11:59 AM ET
Posted a note to you below about Normandy visit**
BleedinOandM 01/03/24 11:55 AM ET
Here's the link**
BleedinOandM 01/03/24 11:56 AM ET
Red Lobster **
bigbadbird 01/03/24 11:50 AM ET
Homard Rouge (crevettes à volonté)**
dolph 01/03/24 11:52 AM ET
Post how it was there.I'm actually planning a WWII self-tour in a few years
Nortazhokie 01/03/24 11:11 AM ET
I have an invitation to jump into the DDay drop zones this year
AirborneHokie96 01/03/24 11:53 AM ET
Just don't pull a John Steele and parachute onto a church steeple in
Nortazhokie 01/03/24 12:29 PM ET
That's a heck of an invite!**
Brewing_Hokie 01/03/24 12:24 PM ET
Dang right. You have to.
Chris ColemanAdmin 01/03/24 12:18 PM ET
I did my airborne refresher course (for old farts) this summer at JBER, AK
AirborneHokie96 01/03/24 12:21 PM ET
Heck yeah!!!**
reestuart 01/03/24 12:15 PM ET
I'd do everything possible to make that happen. Once in a lifetime opp.
Nortazhokie 01/03/24 11:55 AM ET
I am trying and I agree.
AirborneHokie96 01/03/24 12:02 PM ET
Good luck with that. We're having to deal with the VA now on my father in
Nortazhokie 01/03/24 12:11 PM ET
I have no complaints with the VA. They treat me very, very well.
AirborneHokie96 01/03/24 12:17 PM ET
why does it get a bad Rap then? just curious i only see headline grabbing
VT Pez4Life 01/03/24 12:57 PM ET
To be fair, I don't understand it
AirborneHokie96 01/03/24 01:06 PM ET
Tell us a little about your robot surgery.
EDGEMAN 01/03/24 03:25 PM ET
It wasn't too much
AirborneHokie96 01/03/24 04:25 PM ET
"It's alive! It's alive!!"**
TomTurkey 01/03/24 07:53 PM ET
For some unique, slightly macabre, but very interesting history
RTFC 01/03/24 11:04 AM ET
Strasbourg is very nice.**
Femoyer Hokie 01/03/24 11:04 AM ET
Strasbourg and all of Alsace worth a few days
VTtwins 01/03/24 02:28 PM ET