No Regrets

I am traveling in France. We spent our first night near Verdun, went to a couple of museums, and learned all about the terrible battle in 1916 and throughout World War I. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun

This morning I needed to get out of there to figure a plan, but there is nowhere to park in Verdun, so I headed for a village a few kilometers outside called Regret.

I missed the turn, so we passed by the village of Regret. Therefore, I can say I have no regret.

We are wandering kind of loosely around Central France, and tonight are camping near the Meuse river in a nice campground in the rain.

The tiny car camper is working out just fine. It’s a good thing we get along well, and we have her lovely dog Kira with us as well.

The citadel was an enormous underground fort in a hill beside Verdun, which was a key factor in the battles there. We took a tour in these underground tunnels in a small tram with partial virtual reality headsets.

We also went to a small private museum across the road, which had a very interesting story to tell. A recruit from 1914 was a telephone operator-forward observer, and he made well over 100 drawings of battlefield scenes. One of his friends was an army photographer, who took many photos of the same scenes; the drawings and the photos are shown together, it was quite well done.

Then we drove through the French countryside, rolling hills and wheat fields , interrupted by forests. They are cutting hay right now so there are lots of new round bales and hay on the ground ready for bailing. Every few miles there are ancient villages, incredibly beautiful and lined with flowers .

We are camping in a small VW Caddy Van and have a small tent which attaches to the rear. It is raining this evening, so we set up the tent and it worked perfectly for cooking and eating supper out of the rain. The RV park was €17, last night was very nice also and €19 .

We are eating well. The two campgrounds we have stayed offered to provide us with a fresh baguette in the morning for €1.5 to be picked up after eight. The baguette this morning was, in the French tradition, excellent.

We are headed towards Poindevan Marsh on the Atlantic Coast. I don’t know when we’ll get there, we have no real agenda.