It's amazing how little the Ardennais landscape has changed in 90 years! I visited Verdun and what was then known during the war as "No Man's Land" this summer, and many of the trenches are still there. (The Significant Other is all about World War I") The Cathedral of St. Etienne in Metz, France is still being cleaned from the layer of soot caused by excessive shelling.
I apologize for the blurriness of this picture (the weather was eerily HORRIBLE), but you could still see the deep pits blown out of the ground by German artillery. battlefields of Verdun. (http://picasaweb.google.com/SybilWolf/Europe2007/photo#5130561154481701298)
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Date: 2007-11-11 04:15 pm (UTC)I apologize for the blurriness of this picture (the weather was eerily HORRIBLE), but you could still see the deep pits blown out of the ground by German artillery. battlefields of Verdun. (http://picasaweb.google.com/SybilWolf/Europe2007/photo#5130561154481701298)