Verdun Travel Blogs

We left Chalons-en-Champagne in the morning and went further to Verdun (wow, a history lesson came alive).   Then we decided to drive towards Belgium and more than 11 hours and a lot of spinning around later we found a completely empty car park in the middle of the countries of Belgium,…

The battle of verdun was a major battle in WW 1 between Germany and France.   It lasted for almost 10 months.  This blog is of when me and my buddy Rainer visted the battlefield back in Feb 07.  Many forts and trenches still remain today.  This is the first&n…

As I am soon leaving France, my Au Pair jo is coming to an end, the family I live with decided to go on an outing. We spent most of the day in Toul, west of th city of Nancy, in Lorraine. Afterwards, we stopped by Verdun.Those history buffs amoung you will know that Verdun is the site of a huge Wor…

Day 15: Greux – Verdun 121 kms   When I opened the tent this morning, it wasn’t raining. A big relief. Nice start of the day. I was full of energy and cycled very fast. Bas only cycled behind me, in my slipstream. He didn’t understand me, because I was totally out of energy yesterd…

In the beginning of my travels in Europe, I only wanted see Paris..but I was wrong.

Summary of my travels since starting to travel for work in 2004. Three continents and three jobs later, this blog is an ongoing work in process. All locations are entered through present, will be adding descriptions and pictures as I have the opportunity. Please let me know if you see an entry without info you would like me to upload pictures for and I can take care of adding that location's items sooner.