Metz Nöel - Monday
My birthday!! Up early again to open my cards that Claire has brought with her, then breakfast By 0920 we were on the road heading north along the same route as on the way down. Again we dropped into a Luxembourg fuel station and I squeezed €12 in the tank. Topping right up the pipe to enjoy as much of the cheap fuel as possible. The plan was to stop off in Bastogne. On the 21st December 1944 the town was encircled by German troops and the US 101st Airborne under General McAuliffe held the town until relieved some seven days later by elements of Patten's 3rd Army and 10th and 11th Armored Division. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Bastogne The Airborne museum was closed today, I expect it was open on Saturday as it was the anniversary! http://www.101airbornemuseumbastogne.com We dropped in the tourist office and picked up a leaflet on the new museum opening in March to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge and the Sie...