Salut
We had a week of staying at home and watching the rain. Except for Wednesday morning when the sunrise looked like this!
Another highlight of the week was a visit to the Battery du Roule. This is a series of caves that were built at the top of a nearby mountain during WW2 by the Germans to house a series of guns to protect the harbour. The guns they used were originally designed for U boats and could shoot to a range of about 20 miles – enough to keep those pesky English away. When it was first started they employed prisoners from Eastern Europe who couldn’t speak French so that there was no risk of the work being leaked. But as time went on they were using anybody from the local area to try and get it finished. As it turned out, it was completed only a few weeks before D Day Landings so the Allies got the most benefit from it. The photos are from one of the other Australians on the tour.
Not much else to report. Would like to say that our French lessons are coming along swimmingly but that is not true. Although when we were in Paris last weekend we noticed that we could understand quite a bit more than when we arrived a couple of months ago so something must be sinking in.
Au revior
L & M
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