France - Normandy
1.Day
27.8.2005 - from Sinsheim over Saarbruecken, Metz to Verdun and Aubréville
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In the hotel "Bär" lets it be slept despite the close main street well. We hold it with the 7-8-9 rule, over for 7 rising, over 8 breakfasts and around 9 driving off. After the Fruehstuecksbuffet the vehicles are gotten to direction France in motion at quite fresh temperatures from the underground parking and our column sit down in consideration of Rudis old Harley slowly.
To Metz it leaves in front over the motorway, Bernd with its LT, Peter makes in the back close with the Trike. We are early and make with the border crossing still another break. The next stage goal is
Verdun, where Kurt from Hamburg with its Goldwing still to us wants to push.
Briefly before the place Verdun goes it right off on the battlegrounds of the First World War. One follows sinvollerweise the signposts/guides after "Fort Douaumont" and lands then before the
museum with its cannons and projectiles issued before it.
After twenty minutes Kurt wait at the Museeum already come. Some of us which already know it, visit the exhibition, others, watch out outside for the motorcycles.
The inspection of the museum is for the interested Verdun visitor must. Here becomes clear only in the beginning of the
madness of a nearly year old position warfare in connection with an enormous material battle. But one should let it affect itself, when preparation on the memorial place and grave fields will still come. At the sight of the
grave fields at the main monument one becomes quiet and thoughtful and asks themselves why? and for which actually the whole. For this there was times a series over the German empire in particular over William II. on the television. I can recommend only to everyone to regard, if it is times again sent, to let affect and itself. The assassination attempt of Sarajewo was only the releasing spark for this war. The causes continue to be past many more deeply and. So among other things in the injury of the boundless vanity of the last German emperor by its British part of the family and by France.
To the museum we visit still the
Nekropole, which is visible from far already as memorial. This enormous building was established as grave and Erninnerungstaette. The Katakomben is filled with the
bones of soldiers pleased here. A view by the windows is not anything for weak nerves. Inside everything is into
red light dipped by the windows falls. A quite oppressing tendency prevails here. After a short visit of
the garden in front of the memorial we leave this place.
Now we drive for a quick visit to the
Fort Douaumont. The entry fee's to get a inside look be a little bit tohigh so we only take a closer look to the rest of the fort outside. We gain some expressions from the size and armor of the fort. It's fully destroyed und covered by plants. Later this trip we will see a lot of this in the Normandy.
It is relative warm and the Kletterei in Motorradklamotten is not pleasant. Nevertheless it is impressing. The human being-made moon landscape is on nearly a Jarhundert thereafter still to see - on if now again everywhere forest stands. The Frenchmen have to fight in the area however still with the inheritances and so should one it tunlichst omitted apart from ways by the forest to boots. Dud and ammunition lie here still.
Our goal Aubréville lies only a few kilometer far away. Here Bernd made a hotel, which he wants to test gladly. Short time later we sit in front of the
Hotel du Commerce, the bikes are located in the shed and a beer stand before us. For us half-board is booked, then there is a simple 4-Gaenge-Menue, typically franzoesiche rural kitchen. In addition we sit at a long table with material napkins and material set, cheap glasses however a good Vin rouge, Couvee à maison. First a koestliche mushroom soup comes on the table, so plentifully that one could full-eat oneself to it alone. We create however only about two thirds of the aufgetischten quantity. The next course is sea-fish in a Gemuesesauce with Kapern, much lecker. Then in wine cooked a Rindfleich does not come, probably cattle chest and to the dessert a very leckeres to sweet Mousse outer chocolat from the supermarket in the plastic cup. That is inexpensive for franzoesiche conditions, pays I nevertheless for the half room, half-board inclusive. Fruestueck and sieve beer from yesterday evening (my round, not I alone!) only 55, - - euro. There one cannot meckern.
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