Hello to everyone from the UK Sailing Academy on the Isle of Wright. It is about 7:00 PM here. The temperature here is in the seventies with a brisk wind. We came over today in a 15 meter boat in brisk seas. The waves were 2-3 meters with no trough in between. There was a spring tide and a southwesterly wind in the Solant. The kids had a great time on the roller coaster ride. (no one got sick - don't worry) We saw the town of Ride in the distance on the island. The captain that was what the Beatles were talking about when they sang, "She's got a Ticket to Ride". Who knew!
Yesterday We spent the day in Normandy, France. First we went to a museum on WWII concentrating on D-Day in Caen. Then we went to Point Du Hoc - the cliffs the rangers had to climb. Apparently when things went bad the Battleship Texas bombed the cliffs until enough dirt fell so the rangers to climb up. Better yet when we got to the top there was a memorial to the rangers and the Colonel in charge of the operation - James E Rudder - as in Earl Rudder!! Whoop! Jacob had on an A&M jacket so I took a picture of him next to the plaque. We went to the American Cemetary at Normandy were we laid a wreath at the memorial. They played the national anthem and taps. It was very crowded there and all the people got quiet. It was awesome. We saw the grave of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and the two brothers from Saving Private Ryan.
Last Sunday in Belgium we went to the Battle of the Buldge Museum. A gentleman who was nine during the occupation led us around. We visited Easy Company's (Band of Brothers) foxholes. We toured the original headquarters and saw a lot of vehicles from the time period.
Amsterdam was lovely. We went to Anne Frank's house and took a cruise down the canals. We went to a small town named Edam and rode bikes thought the town, countryside and saw windmills.
We have really been having so much fun. Please remember when our delegates call it is late, they are tired, and homesickness is worse at night. Please help them focus on the incredible things we have been doing and the events that are still to come.
Love to all,
Annette Burke
Please excuse any spelling errors - this British keyboard is driving me crazy!!!!
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