Omaha beach roadtrip!

Hey everyone! Well it's been over a week since my last post but a lot has happened! Wes had his first preseason game at home, it was actually at their practice gym which is a lot smaller than the arena they'll play at during the regular season but it was still fun. I met some of the "superfans" of STB.. It's crazy, if you're sitting anywhere close to them, the minute your man does anything, good or bad, they're looking at you with either the happy, thumbs up, good job face or the uhh oh, that's not good, thumbs down face.. I've come to realize this so I just tend to look down if something didn't go right, lol! They did end up winning though, Wes had 15 points and 13 rebounds.. he's always shooting for over 10 rebounds a game so he was happy with that.

Wes' game was on Friday so he actually had Saturday & Sunday off! We woke up Saturday morning, got McDonald's breakfast (Wes' fave!) and headed up the Normandy Coast.. It's only a 1 1/2 hour drive to Arromanches.. that's where Omaha beach is and where D-Day took place on June 6, 1944.. It was an eerie feeling but at the same time, so beautiful! We went into the Musee du debarquement where they had tons of WWII memorabilia. They had lots of small models of how the plan of attack took place and what boats/ships were where.. It was all so interesting! After that we grabbed an expensive bite to eat (a hot dog and hamburger were 13 euros!) Way to suck those tourists dry! Haha! Then we decided to do some exploring on our own.. we walked all the way up the side of the cliff and got some breathtaking mental pictures, the actual pictures just didn't do it justice. We walked along all the beaches and collected shells, which we have done at every single beach we've been to together :) I also found an old shotgun shell which Wes said probably wasn't from the war but I'm still telling myself it is.. who finds shotgun shells washed up on the site of one of the most historic wars of all time?? Just sayin' :) After our time at the beach we wanted to go to the American cemetary, but thankfully asked a lady in one of the tourist shops how late it was open till and to our disappointment she said 5:30. It was 5:10 and the cemetary was a 25 minute drive from Arromanches.. Looking at the bright side of things, we still have something to look forward to when we have family come out. That's the first place we'll be taking them to :) We decided to head back towards Le Havre but stop in Deauville for dinner. We had never seen Deauville but every single person we've talked to here said we have to go there. Now I understand why! The town is unlike anything I've ever seen, the center is so quaint and every store is built to look almost like wooden houses.. it was so clean and everybody seemed so nice.. The people there looked pretty fancy, either it's an everyday thing or they put on their sunday's best for a night out on the town. Deauville is also home to the American Film Festival, which sadly I missed out on.. It was September 3-12th. It's not as big as the Cannes Film Festival but I guess a lot of American actors/actresses come there. We had dinner at the big casino there. I almost felt like I was back in Council Bluffs at the Horseshoe! It was super nice and was packed, lots of little old women trying their luck at the coin slots.. the only thing missing was the oxygen tank and cigarette hanging out of their mouths, ha! We ate a good meal & I had a great drink, apparently called a "monaco" which is Heineken beer, lemonade and grenadine.. yum! By the time we finished dinner we were ready to just get home.. Wes was super excited to watch the Huskers via slingbox so at approximately 1:08am we tuned in. I fell asleep after the first half but not Wes.. even if the game was ugly he still stayed up for the whole thing. We slept in pretty late on Sunday and didn't do a whole lot.. thankfully it didn't really affect us on Saturday but we're both a little sick right now, a bunch of Wes' teammates were sick last week and it looks like we now have it. So we're loading up on Vitamin C, Zicam and mucinex to help us breathe.. sore throats and coughing are no fun! I'm thinking about heading to the gym to see what I can do with limited breathing.. anything to get a piece of this sunshine outside :) Hope everyone is well and getting ready for fall! I always hate to see summertime go but I'm not gonna lie, busting out my boots, hats and scarves gets me excited!! xoxo