War & Peace

We drove back from Normandy the next and finally got booked into our hotel. Of course where would an American stay, Holiday Inn, and then off to the Hotel de Invalides. OMG. The real definition in english is a hospital. It was the hospital that Napolean built for the sick, I am assuming veterans. After he died, he asked for his ashes to be thrown into the Seine, but they were buried somewhere else and then finally France created a memorial to him and placed his body in the red tomb. It still is a running hospital and you will paitents roaming the gardens in wheelchairs. It was fabulous. Because of only getting there 2 hours prior to closing we didn’t even see half of it, but the half we did see, was pretty amazing.

His tomb.

I liked this tomb, I am assuming it was the tomb of an unknown soldier, but I couldn't read french and so I will only assume.

The cross behind the tomb.

The chapel to the hospital.

Gary trying to be a solider, obviously a happy one.