so far i've booked a renovated seaside farmhouse literally a 15 minute walk across the road from Utah beach memorial. this will put us within two hours (or much less) from the American cemetery, Omaha beach, Bayeux, La Cite' de la Mer, Mont Saint-Michel, and who knows where else. we're doing 3 nights here, seems like a good place to use as a home base for a few days and omg is it lovely!! 🤩
dad and sister did finally get their roundtrip tickets, yay! 😜 having a hell of a time getting them to engage in actual itinerary planning, no surprise 🙄 so i'm now working on the first week or so in Germany by myself...overnight spots likely Kitzigen/Wurzburg, Munich (Dachau), Stuttgart/Heidelberg... then crossover to France at Strasbourg and head west. do we have a Germany thread too?? i'll look...i'm open to any suggestions on any of the above, or that general region (south/southwest) of Germany. i've got a few old ass castles on the list 😁 but if there's something we shouldn't miss in the area lmk!
dad keeps talking about the Eagle's Nest, which should be reopened for the season by the time we're there. it's...something. but given the map and our timeline, i think we'll let them do the swing over there after they drop us off, when they are on their way back to Frankfurt. i mean i think i'd prefer an extra day or two of museums and delicious food with an evening stroll around the Champs Elysee to seeing Hitler's hideyhole at this point 😊