Good video, especially coming from younger people that care about history. I would like to go to those places that you went or are going to someday🤷🏻♂️. Lot of history.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤓
Hello respect for your grand father, I got the schame , my grand great father was a Belgain soldier from 1916 TILL 1918 he never talk about the first W W ar, I found his dossier in Brussel, verry moving
If you want to see a Panther tank there should be one in Houffalize, north of Bastogne. Though at the moment it could be away for restoration. And even further north in La Gleize there is a King Tiger. Nobody is going to move that 68t beast, still standing where its crew left it.
@@TheAwkwardTourists The Germans wanted to build even heavier, way above 100 tons tanks, such as the "Maus" or "Ratte". None of these got further than the drawing board or prototype stage. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_II en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
@@TheAwkwardTouristsI'm afraid not. I live in Arnhem, the museum in your video is a free and smaller museum called "Airnborne at the bridge". The bigger and well known WW2 museum is in Oosterbeek and is called "Airborne Museum" about a 10 minute drive from the smaller museum. It is a lot bigger and more impressive (not free).
@@TheAwkwardTourists I found out more after he died. His vessel survived the battle, but was minestruck a couple of weeks later, later repaired and renamed NARVIK
Western Europe has done a remarkable job in promoting and protecting these hallowed grounds for future generations! They've never forgotten what the American military and allied troops did in liberating their homes. P.s.thank you for sharing!
You definitively should eat those "pralines" (chocolates) immediately. As they are made with fresh natural ingredients they go bad after a while. Or so they say because I have never seen a chocolate having the time to get "old" in Belgium.
Florence Italy? We stayed at Hotel Boccocino and it was nice. Really close to the train station and walking distance of everything that we wanted to see
I get so many memories from my own Eurotrip, way-back-when in 1986. Then, the iron cutrain was much alive and intense. Shit, Kelly - It`t better and safer to be somewhere over Kansas. Take care
Greetings! How feasible would it be to explore the village of Bastogne without a car? Could one travel to the foxholes in Foy without renting a car? Thank you for your advice and happy travels!
There is something unreal about Americans researching/visiting what for Europeans is history but for Americans is an outlier. It is still living history
And why is it an outlier for Americans? We were there, hundreds of thousands of Americans died in Europe during the War. My American grandfather was in the War in Europe...
What a great trip. Being a history buff, i just love this type of series
Glad you enjoy it! We had a lot of fun too
It’s so important to honor the history of the great men who fought World War II. Great video!
Thanks so much! We found it really interesting, and Kelly's grandfather was active in the battle of the bulge
Good video, especially coming from younger people that care about history. I would like to go to those places that you went or are going to someday🤷🏻♂️. Lot of history.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤓
Thank you for calling us younger people! 😂
Thank you so much for sharing this trip! We are enjoying this journey. I think this is going to be our next adventure.
That's awesome. Let us know if you have any questions when planning your trip. We would love to help out if we can
This is such a cool trip! My history teacher son would love it!! What an incredible experience you're sharing with your dad!!!
Thanks, He had wanted to do this for a very long time
Great video ... I love your attitide about doing these kind of experiences when you can because "tomorrow" may be too late!
Absolutely!!
Hello respect for your grand father, I got the schame , my grand great father was a Belgain soldier from 1916 TILL 1918 he never talk about the first W W ar, I found his dossier in Brussel, verry moving
It must be something about those boys back then because my grandfather would not talk about his time served really just little bits and pieces
I've heard that a lot of people who served in WW2 don't want to talk about it
And another great idea!!! Thank you
You are so welcome!
If you want to see a Panther tank there should be one in Houffalize, north of Bastogne. Though at the moment it could be away for restoration. And even further north in La Gleize there is a King Tiger. Nobody is going to move that 68t beast, still standing where its crew left it.
Wow. 68 ton? That is sooo big
@@TheAwkwardTourists The Germans wanted to build even heavier, way above 100 tons tanks, such as the "Maus" or "Ratte". None of these got further than the drawing board or prototype stage.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_II
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
Tanks was not ther when I visited last week
@TheAwkwardTourists There also is a much bigger WW2 museum very close to Arnhem (Oosterbeek) that is called Airborne Museum.
I think we went to that museum in this video.....
@@TheAwkwardTouristsI'm afraid not. I live in Arnhem, the museum in your video is a free and smaller museum called "Airnborne at the bridge". The bigger and well known WW2 museum is in Oosterbeek and is called "Airborne Museum" about a 10 minute drive from the smaller museum. It is a lot bigger and more impressive (not free).
I’m planning a trip to arnham to see my buddy next June and I can’t wait… any other recommendations?
Been to all
Nice!
My father was on a Norwegian war vessel in the Canadian part of the D-day zone in Normandie 6th of June 1944
Wow. Did he share any stories about D -Day?
@@TheAwkwardTourists I found out more after he died. His vessel survived the battle, but was minestruck a couple of weeks later, later repaired and renamed NARVIK
Western Europe has done a remarkable job in promoting and protecting these hallowed grounds for future generations!
They've never forgotten what the American military and allied troops did in liberating their homes.
P.s.thank you for sharing!
You definitively should eat those "pralines" (chocolates) immediately. As they are made with fresh natural ingredients they go bad after a while. Or so they say because I have never seen a chocolate having the time to get "old" in Belgium.
The Chocolates did not weren't around for very long....haha
What do you recommend in Florence for a hotel ?
Florence Italy? We stayed at Hotel Boccocino and it was nice. Really close to the train station and walking distance of everything that we wanted to see
Check out the rest of our videos from our World War 2 road trip
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I get so many memories from my own Eurotrip, way-back-when in 1986.
Then, the iron cutrain was much alive and intense.
Shit, Kelly - It`t better and safer to be somewhere over Kansas.
Take care
Greetings! How feasible would it be to explore the village of Bastogne without a car? Could one travel to the foxholes in Foy without renting a car? Thank you for your advice and happy travels!
Hmm it's a very small town, I'm not sure how public transportation would be. But there may be a tour you can join
Having lived in Belgium, I can say they do take care of the WW2 sites and have excellent museums
We saw that. The Museums were really good
My dad was in WWII (New Guinea and the Phillipines) and he never said much about the war either. I think it was probably too painful to talk about.
Thats the impression that we were getting too
It is pronounced like Arnhime,
Actually it's not. But thanks for playing
There is something unreal about Americans researching/visiting what for Europeans is history but for Americans is an outlier. It is still living history
And why is it an outlier for Americans? We were there, hundreds of thousands of Americans died in Europe during the War. My American grandfather was in the War in Europe...
Is that the Truth? You fly to Europe to visit WWll Sights. Are you brainwashed or crazy. This is nearly 80 Years ago.
It's this crazy concept called "history"
@@TheAwkwardTourists You are weird People 👎
@@TheAwkwardTourists My Question to you: Why is no American able to talk about US War and Napalm and Agent Orange.
Well you are a rude person, so there we go
We learn about this in school...