Caen in Normandy

• Caen Peace Memorial-

  [img_assist|nid=6631|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=108|height=69]One of the boys recommended the Caen Peace Memorial and it was a rainy day, perfect for an inside visit. We finished breakfast and headed into Caen taking the Peripherique and following signs to the Peace Memorial. It's quite spectacular from the outside with all the flags flying in the breeze.

   

• Caen Peace Memorial-

  Everyone visits the D-Day Beaches but the Peace Memorial hasn't yet made the must-see lists of many. If you are in Caen, this is a wonderful museum, a museum to peace.

  You start down a curving ramp . . . descending into the horrors of war symbolically. It starts with the ending of World War I, the Great Depression and "The Failure of Peace." There are many photos and drawings and explanations in French, German and English.

  You progress through "France in the Dark Years" including both collaboration and resistance. There is a stirring film on the Battle of Britain. This is followed by "World War–Total War" including a film on the siege of Stalingrad.