Europe ~ 16 Jul 2007

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GENERAL

Wonderfully Ecclectic ~ 10 Feb 2009
One thing that always strikes me about my Papa's photos is he liked to take pictures of things that are seemingly inane -- but turn out to be quite informative. Above is a photo of my Nana sitting o...

BELGIUM

Dinant, Belgium ~ 11 Feb 2009
Ah Dinant, and it's two dominant buildings: the Citadel sitting atop a 100 meter high cliff, and the Gothic style Notre Dame Cathedral with its shiny metal dome. The Citadel, with its checkered hist...

FRANCE

Weeping Angel, Vimy Ridge ~ 12 Feb 2009
The weeping angel overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge. She is supposed to represent Canada as she looks over the battle field and weeps for the dead....

Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold and Lelling, France ~ 25 Feb 2009
Above are a couple of scenes from Lelling in France. Below (way below) is Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold; both are small towns located near Grostenquin -- one of four RCAF air force bases established in ...

GERMANY

Natzweiler-Struthof ~ 09 Feb 2009
While looking for photos from Vimy Ridge in honour of the Grand-Père of Vimy, I found some old photos made from colour slides that my Papa took in Europe during the early to mid-1950s. The photo a...

ITALY

Decimomannu, Sardinia ~ 22 Feb 2009
In April 1957, the RCAF opened an Air Weapons Unit in Decimamannu, Sardinia, Italy, to be used as a air-to-air gunnery and compliment the French Air Base at Rabet-Sale, Morocco. Decimamannu was owne...