It wasn't the right day and time to visit the D-day beach. The water was high. The wind was chilly. And then the rain. Pointe du Hoc was quite impressive. Scars and craters of warfare were everywhere on the landscape. Empty concrete shell that once fortified the mighty German guns, which defended the Normandy beaches from Allies attack, scattered around the site. Influxes of tourists came and followed their guide like school children. A sensational site, would be much nicer without the tourist noise. Though of course I was one of them. We returned to the Memorial Museum in the afternoon. It is an fantastic museum on everything about WWII and the D-Day battles. At the atrium, a large photography depicting Berlin's Brandenburg Gate in 1989 commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall.
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