Another myth from United state brought me here: hello everybody.

[dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona

 

[pmanton]

Hi from Salome, AZ.

 

[Daimler1989]

Thanks Ulrich.

I live in Cherbourg in the Cotentin and during the D-day commemoration the region is visited by people coming from all over the world, celebrating the peace.

Welcome in Normandy

ah, le magnifique Cotentin. J'ai passé deux merveilleuses vacances à Agon-Coutainville, et je fais de temps en temps des détours par Utah Beach pendant les commemorations du Jour J. Je ne suis allé qu'une seule fois à Cherbourg, mais c'était il y a 25 ans.

amitiés de l'Allemagne
Ulrich

 

[SSGRock]

Northern France

Welcome from Georgia, USA!

 

[stuartg74]

Welcome from West Tennessee

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[francoisallais]

Welcome to the forum! I hope you continue enjoying your hobby!

Yes, more than ever!

Thanks for your welcoming.

 

[lrad]

Welcome from central Georgia, USA.

 

[francoisallais]

ah, le magnifique Cotentin. J'ai passé deux merveilleuses vacances à Agon-Coutainville, et je fais de temps en temps des détours par Utah Beach pendant les commemorations du Jour J. Je ne suis allé qu'une seule fois à Cherbourg, mais c'était il y a 25 ans.

amitiés de l'Allemagne
Ulrich

Oui le Cotentin est une belle région, je peux d'autant le dire que je n'en suis pas originaire.
J'ai vécu 51 ans à Dieppe en Normandie aussi, une côte de falaises et un port au centre d ela ville.
Je suis venu à Cherbourg pour raison professionnelle, à Dieppe mon chantier avait atteint les limites des b*timents que nous occupions.
J'aurais pu retourner là-bas lorsque j'ai pris ma retraite, mais le Cotentin offre tant de ballades possibles que j'y suis resté et j'y coule des jours heureux.
Bien amicalement,

 

[seasoldier85]

I amazes me that the Information Age can bring people from all over the globe together for a common passion. I just wish sometimes I had those U.N. earphones .

Welcome Francois !

 

[francoisallais]

I amazes me that the Information Age can bring people from all over the globe together for a common passion. I just wish sometimes I had those U.N. earphones .

Welcome Francois !

Thanks for welcoming.

Sure, it is funy to imagine how people of the Paleolithic Age could share there passion for cut stone, anywhere else than in the cave around the fire.

The world today is very uge, and we know what happen on the other side of the earth.

Sometime it's better, sometime not.

 

[djohns6]

Welcome from Louisiana . So many of our ancestors share a common origin . I can remember hearing my Great Grandmother speaking French to her sister .

 

[francoisallais]

Of Course, Louisiana, the name, has been given by Cavelier de la Salle, the explorer, in 1682 in honnor of king Louis XIV.

French settlers extended the territory limits of Louisiana till to Montana (See attached map). At this time the name of this uge territory was la "Nouvelle France"

From Louis XIV to Napoleon, France never succeeds to realy conquer and organize la Nouvelle France, so Napoleons decided to sell the Louisiana to the United States in 1803 to finance his project of conquest of Europe. Thomas Jefferson was President. The price of Louisiana was 15 million dollars (equivalent to 80 million of Francs at the time) what was a bargain for Jefferson, since this operation aloowed to double the territory of the United States at a price of 3 cents the acre.

Resident of Louisiana names the Acadiens and some of them speack yet a dialect very close to the French language.

You are certainly one of them. So I can tell you "hello cousin".

Our history has often been interconected, what created, in my opinion, a feeling that brings us closer and that nothing should make us forget.

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[DAMDAN]

Welcome from Arizona!

 

[Onomea]

Welcome, Francois. It is good to have you join our forum. (My second son, who is half Japanese and half American, is married to a half Japanese and half French girl. Their child, my third grandson is thus half Japanese, a quarter French, and a quarter American. The world grows ever closer!)

 

[creeksidewilly]

Bienvenue from Oregon.

 

[francoisallais]

Thanks to all for your wellcomming.

 

[ladder13]

Nice to meet a cousin!
The maiden name of my granmother paternal side was Neel. I have danish blood in my veins.
When I visited the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville Sur Mer I have been greatly moved, and for a long moment I remains silencious thinking to these young guys who died so far from their home. We, French people, have toward them a duty of memory.
Thanks for welcoming

We visited France a few years ago on a River cruise, Paris to Normandy. When we arrived in Normandy we were pleasantly surprised to see the many French school children visiting the area, learning about the sacrifices so many made.
We stood in awe on hallowed ground on Omaha Beach.
Everyone should visit Normandy to see what the cost of freedom actually is.