We visited a few different WWII sites along the coast specifically ones pertaining to D-Day and the Normandy landings.

We learned more about la Pointe du Hoc and how the US Army Rangers successfully scaled the cliffs to attack the German bunkers and artillery storage bunkers. There were many large bomb craters and remains from the bunkers. We were able to go into most of the bunkers and explore them. The bunkers were ~2 meter thick concrete walls and inside it was pitch black and quite chilly. Some of the rooms were blocked off too. Austin and I wondered if those rooms had tunnels interconnecting bunkers or even connecting to an exit point away from the bunkers. We saw a few (what we think were) exit point concrete holes in the ground that were filled with big rocks.

After la Pointe du Hoc, we visited Omaha Beach which was one of the 5 main beaches/sectors of the Normandy landings. It was a HUGE, open beach with low tides at the time we were there. The memorial was on the beach but there were no WWII remains. Being present on the beach felt very somber. I, Ellie, haven't often experienced the feeling but I could feel the heaviness and sadness of all of the death that had happened. I nearly felt on the verge of tears during our time walking on the big, open beach, thinking about what had happened there many years ago. I remember feeling similar when visiting the Pearl Harbor sites over in Hawaii.

Can you find Austin in the photo below? :)