tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post3208008185236048117..comments2023-07-06T16:49:46.597+01:00Comments on Living with a boy: On the 11th hour, at the 11th day, of the 11th month...The Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post-69229460382698631992009-11-13T10:46:49.690+00:002009-11-13T10:46:49.690+00:00I can imagine what an eye opening trip that would&...I can imagine what an eye opening trip that would've been at a younger age.<br /><br />Victoria xxxVictoria - Florence and Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614421769288092034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post-65185265676956965832009-11-13T08:20:46.085+00:002009-11-13T08:20:46.085+00:00Really moving. We always seek out war graves wher...Really moving. We always seek out war graves wherever we go in England (you can always find a few in any church yard) just to pay our respect. We drove across the Somme on our way to Paris the other week. It is really beautiful countryside with nothing for mile after mile. It would have looked so different then.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post-38191370922030296132009-11-12T16:50:12.321+00:002009-11-12T16:50:12.321+00:00Very heartfelt post...had goosebumps. I have frien...Very heartfelt post...had goosebumps. I have friends in the army. They really believe passionately in what they are fighting for. I think a lot of what you read in the Media is a load of codswallop from what I'm told by them AND...in someways it is disrespectful of them -and what they believe in and are trying to achieve.<br /><br />It is so hard to fathom what WW1 Battle of Somme must have been like. It is so hard to fathom the magnitude of the holocaust...instead we home in on one brave soul - Wilfred Owen, Anne Frank, a single gravestone...and we try to relate to them to gain some insight and understanding of what they must have gone through...it is a very hard thing to do...but it is a very important thing to do - to try to understand, to try to remember. xxxThe Curious Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920550974303475865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post-8837267557343636112009-11-12T01:26:11.527+00:002009-11-12T01:26:11.527+00:00I did a similar trip, at a similar age. Only I wen...I did a similar trip, at a similar age. Only I went with my parents and brothers. I remember being pretty taken aback by it all, because it turned black and white history into something real and tangible. Thiepval is a pretty amazing place.<br /><br />We went to the Normany beaches as well, where D-Day took place during WW2. That whole area is pretty awesome, for pretty much the same reasons.<br /><br />It's important to remember these things - and the things people are doing today.Dickiehttp://bbtmn.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post-5710412536150841492009-11-11T19:30:31.329+00:002009-11-11T19:30:31.329+00:00Yep, I agree as well. We did 2min silence in the o...Yep, I agree as well. We did 2min silence in the office, but only just, i guess it's not so easy in an office. I remember going to those fields too when I was at school and it definitely brings it right home.Petit Filouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964180304823976760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3641736336028167339.post-34435747887200748812009-11-11T18:44:07.783+00:002009-11-11T18:44:07.783+00:00Great post. I so agree. I come from a long line ...Great post. I so agree. I come from a long line of pacifists...from faith and culture. I too,like many of my generation...don't want war. Perhaps we might not even wish to participate in it....feeling the sentiment and political belief welling up at times. But you are right, the fact remains that many many many died fighting for their countries....making sure that freedom to even think the way we do now...that it was protected. So yep,here in Canada we are also celebrating....a remembrance of somber times. I am about to go out the door to the cenotaph...this year alone as the son is off to University and the husband is off to the City to work. I go each year...in the rain...and stand...and remember. tis nearly 11 here....thanks for the post!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953079867758399259noreply@blogger.com