Operation Dragoon

Celebrating a day of victory !

August 28, 1944

{69 years later}

Toulon and Marsaille were liberated from German occupation.

The Americans and the French joined forces.

 The US Seventh Army, formed in Corsica, worked with the French resistance 

to defeat the German Army Group G.

 Nancy and I were working at the Christian bookstore, when this happened.

 A parade for us... HAHA !!!

 I wonder why I like this picture so much ;)

These guys were all French, but there was one American veteran in the procession (not pictured, but he's in the video).  When I saw him, I got a little teary-eyed.  Freedom is such a blessing,
and it's definitely not free.

 Classic.  Cell phones.  Cigarette.  Cute dress.  Peace sign.

 Santa Barbara, California. =)

I loved seeing the two flags flying together !!!

Stars and stripes and the bleu-blanc-rouge.

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If you're like me, pictures are sufficient, but sometimes it's fun to see stuff in action.

If you've got 3 minutes, give this video a whirl.

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*blog readers, you may have to hop on over to the actual blog

And we're out.

Hope you enjoyed.

10-4.

Love Linz

Agoura, London, Nice

the LAST and FIRST photos

in the great transition between my two worlds

visit from our cousin Daniel

morning surf session with my Daddy

we rolled in style...

...in the grey ghost

 not many people can say that their dad surfs better than them

'tis true for this gal =)

you're so cool Daddy

Malibu Starbucks dedicated this day to me

{haha, or maybe the guy taking my order switched some letters around}

 my cousin Lisa came to visit me on my last day with her gals Haley and Della...

 ...and her little man Chase

{thanks so much for coming Lisa !}

i'd say we were in a holding pattern before London, what do you think?

weeeeeeeeee !!!

la Côte d'Azur, always so beautiful

when you come to visit us {wink, wink}, this is where you land, right on the water =)

came home to these gorgeous flowers and a letter from my husband

he is so sweet to me

Love Linz

side note:

Living far from my family is not easy, and I know they wish we were closer too.  But I count the richness, the blessings, the benefits, and they far outweigh the difficult times.  I'm thankful for a family who knows Jesus, who knows that our obedience to Him is way more important that our own wishes.  And heck, they've got a free place to come on vacation in FRANCE !  I just talked to my mom on the phone, and she and my dad really want to come in 2014 - yay !!!

Trucks

My family likes trucks.

 and we like to drive them

hot wired?

 

Tonio got to drive all 3 of these babies this trip.

He looks gooooood behind the wheel, let me tell you.

Love Linz