France Day 5, After a somewhat hectic day yesterday, today was a sleep in day and a bit more relaxed all around. We drove to the Champagne region (the home of Champagne :-) and drove through wonderfully cute villages, and past numerous war memorials and cemeteries, most commemorating the first world war, countries represented were Britain, America, France, Germany, Italy and New Zealand. We stopped off at an American cemetery and a New Zealand cemetery. It was a good opportunity to talk to the children and read up about what transpired during the first world war and how devastating this was for all involved.
The American War cemetery
The village of Pourcy where we had an enjoyable wander through the town and surrounding vineyards - this was actually a mapped out walk which we expected to take us through 'bush' but it was vineyards instead!
A cemetery dedicated to New Zealand Soldiers, some as young as 18, sad and sobering.
And yes there's still plenty of time to relax, although 'relaxing' card games are a bit of a rarity!!
Some games get quite raucous. 😉
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