Seven years ago - look where we were!
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381950)
Rockingham, Australia
July 15, 2022 8:30pm CST
Around this time seven years ago, we were touring France and Germany in our motor-home. We were somewhere near Alsace/Lorraine and chanced upon a war cemetery in the middle of nowhere or so it seemed to us.
I wrote about it at the time and included a slideshow on that discussion. You can catch up here if you want to: https://www.mylot.com/post/2867262/we-stumble-across-our-first-war-cemetery
There was an inscription which read, “To the memory of 2344 Rumanian prisoners of war who died in German internment camps in Alsace and Lorraine in 1917 and 1918, to the memory of the people of Alsace and Lorraine who helped them to survive.”
The image lower right says it’s the resting place of an unknown soldier buried at/in Koestzingen. I couldn’t find out anything about Koestzingen.
Top left is our motor-home and just look at that view! Top right is one of the spectacular houses that caught my eye at the time. How pleased I am now to have these photos to look back on.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
16 Jul 22
France was a good place to visit. I wonder if it is now.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
16 Jul 22
@JudyEv Me neither. If I ever go back to Europe it would be to Spain where my grandson lives.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul 22
@marguicha We hope to get to Ireland once more to visit our son.
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
16 Jul 22
You have some wonderful memories of touring and taking photos.
You and Vince will be doing more touring this coming summer (or winter), won't you?
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jul 22
@DaddyEvil You are so smooth sometimes. 
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jul 22
We'll probably stick to touring within our own state. There is plenty to see here and we're not getting any younger. At the moment, we're thinking of flying to Melbourne for Christmas to spend few days with our son. Then next year sometime, maybe getting to Ireland to visit the other son.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul 22
@sjvg1976 We might fly to Melbourne at Christmas to spend it with our son then try to get to Ireland next year to see the other son. Just at the moment, flying anywhere is fraught with dangers. Lots of luggage is going missing and flights are cancelled because of lack of staff.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul 22
@Ronrybs I'm sure it would have come as a surprise. And somewhere around Pozieres, there is a cemetery devoted to the 8th and 9th battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. On 4th July, 160 officers and men were buried in the same trench they had held against atrocious odds. I wrote about it in 2016:
In August 2015 we were travelling through France in our motor-home. We were heading for Pozieres and Villiers-Bretonneux, visiting war sites and cemeteries....
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
16 Jul 22
Those are some good memories. You really have traveled a great deal.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jul 22
@misunderstood_zombie It's nice to be able to share the stories here.
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
16 Jul 22
@JudyEv I think it's wonderful that you've traveled so much. I'm an armchair traveler myself.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
18 Jul 22
Seven years ago seems like yesterday. I like your motor-home. It must have been very expensive.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul 22
We bought it second-hand and knew we'd be able to sell it again without losing too much money. As it was we got back all our money. It's too long to tell here but you can read about it on this post:
After we bought the motor-home in Ireland (catch up here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3383236/the-time-we-bought-a-motor-home-in-ireland) we spent some time in...
@divalounger (6182)
• United States
19 Jul 22
That looks like it was fun! I loved the Alsace region--
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 22
We loved it through there. We were coming slowly down a steep incline and a guy on a bike passed us! We never saw him again.
@kaylachan (84740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 22
That's amazing how much has changed in seven years.
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@kaylachan (84740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 22
@JudyEv I know and that's just how life is.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Jul 22
Photos do help us remember the good times. I wonder if I'll ever do anything with my really old photos of I ever find them again. I know some are in a shoe box under the bed.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
18 Jul 22
@JudyEv I'm thinking out kids have enough photos of their own although they might be interested in a few of those of me and my husband growing up.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul 22
@MarshaMusselman Some kids become more interested in their history as they get older.
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@AliCanary (4421)
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16 Jul 22
That house is indeed spectacular! I wrote about Alsace-Lorraine before (on another site). It's a very German part of France!
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@AliCanary (4421)
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18 Jul 22
@JudyEv that must be a little unsettling! It looks like a lovely place.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
16 Jul 22
Memories nice to visit from time to time.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
17 Jul 22
@JudyEv
Yes, but, nice memories good to visit.
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@wolfgirl569 (135676)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Jul 22
I love that house. You had a wonderful trip
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@LindaOHio (222318)
• United States
16 Jul 22
Excellent photos. You were very lucky to be able to go to France and Germany.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jul 22
Beautiful pictures! So nice.younhabe the pictures to remember it by.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jul 22
We took lots of photos and I wrote about it a lot on here and on Bubblews. I've forgotten a lot of the detail now.
@luisga814 (7138)
• Quezon City, Philippines
16 Jul 22
Traveling to different countries is good. I love that but due to finances, I can't do that. It will remain only a dream. Stay safe always when do the touring.
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@JudyEv (381950)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jul 22
If we get to Ireland once more to see our son, that will probably be the last of our travelling too.
