Very cool pictures!! Thanks for sharing! I loved your quote: "The French are much better at suing for peace than prosecuting a war..."
Paul On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Joseph Letourneau <[email protected] > wrote: > Didn't get a whole lot of pics on the drive. That is kinda difficult > especially at speed on corners. > > The citadel is a fortress originally built on orders from Louis XIV. It > has been beat up quit a bit since then. > > The French love it because in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 the Citadel > held out against the Prussians even after all the rest of France surrendered > (big surprise). Prussians still whooped the French and the Citadel. > > The Prussians left the Citadel in 1918 (huh). They came back a few years > later with a swastika. Allies beat/bombed the crap out of the place and the > French surrendered the fort for last time in 1945. In 1960 the fort was > given back to the townspeople. > > It's now a museum with a "Garden of Peace" right below the southside walls. > The French are much better at sueing for peace than prosecuting a war so > the garden seemed appropriate. > > Awesome countryside. Awesome villiage; they really make great coffee and > bread. > > joey > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
