Less than a month now until we take off. On that subject, Grandma is not happy about the tab for air travel. I made all the bookings except for Tristan, who made his own. Tristan is travelling to Paris from New York via London, and was able to get a reasonable airfare ($790). His stop-over is a safe two hours, but his arrival coincides with Gramps and me so he has made good arrangements.
Gramps and I are travelling direct to Paris from Washington Dulles, and the tickets together are $2386. For a direct flight, not bad, but Grandma is not pleased. Anyway, I am picking up the car rental and the accomodation and Grandpa is paying for the wine, women and song, so it should work out alright in the end.
Another development is that one of Grandpa's old 83rd Infantry Division buddies has nowhere to stay so he might be staying at our very modest Gite near Utah beach. This should work out fine, there is room in the car and he can pitch in for petrol at the local Fina station. The fogey to non-fogey ratio is still favorable so not worried yet.
This blog tracks the activities leading up to our three generation commeration of the 65th anniversary of D-Day as observed in Normandy, France in the days before June 6th. Will try to post photos of the ceremonies and anything else of interest the same day as they occur. Our family: Rudolph Zamula (83rd Infantry Division), 83rd Signal Company. Attended the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. David Zamula (son) R. Tristan Zamula (grandson, Photographer and French speaker).
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