First World War Tours in Northern France in a 3 hour trip
Sainte-Menehould, France
Trip Type: Historical & Heritage Tours
Duration: Flexible
First World War Tours in Northern France, this guided tour is called: Behind the front line.
This tour will take 2,5 hours.
It's an easy walk mainly on existing paths. We will pass and visit hidden Communication Bunkers, Blinckstellen, Bunkers for canons, Hospitals, Pioneer Camp, all interconnected during the war of 1914-1918. On the way I will read you from the diary of Battalion Dr. Lau who took approximately the same walk to a defensive action on 25 September 1915.
This tour will take 2,5 hours.
It's an easy walk mainly on existing paths. We will pass and visit hidden Communication Bunkers, Blinckstellen, Bunkers for canons, Hospitals, Pioneer Camp, all interconnected during the war of 1914-1918. On the way I will read you from the diary of Battalion Dr. Lau who took approximately the same walk to a defensive action on 25 September 1915.
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First World War Tours in Northern France, this guided tour is called: Behind the front line.
This tour will take 2,5 hours.
It's an easy walk mainly on existing paths. We will pass and visit hidden Communication Bunkers, Blinckstellen, Bunkers for canons, Hospitals, Pioneer Camp, all interconnected during the war of 1914-1918. On the way I will read you from the diary of Battalion Dr. Lau who took approximately the same walk to a defensive action on 25 September 1915.I'm Isabelle Leijn. 15 years ago I bought a house in France. It had French caves, probably for wine. Later on, I found out that those were German Unterstanden; Dug outs. The posts and barbed wire in it, which I used to enclose my property with, were found to be 1st world war remnants. I lived in the middle of a former battlefield! My quest for "What happened in my garden?" began. Now many years later, many books, talks and collaborations later, I know a lot about 'my' surroundings and I guide people through the fantastic Argonne Forest to share this history. I adapt the level of energy in the group, we can make easy walks and tough ones. Along the pavement or up and down ravines. I give several tours; the Lost Battalion, Along the front line, Behind the front line, Night Walk through the trenches, in Autry and around. The Argonne Forest is an exceptionally well preserved forest, with a lot of trenches, bunkers, tunnels, camp sites, and stories in it.
I guide for few hours up to 1 week persons or groups around and I read out loud daily stories written 100 years ago by French or German soldiers on that same right spot. So it becomes vividly, this beautiful sunny forest today, was once a harsh battlefield. Please come along!
This tour will take 2,5 hours.
It's an easy walk mainly on existing paths. We will pass and visit hidden Communication Bunkers, Blinckstellen, Bunkers for canons, Hospitals, Pioneer Camp, all interconnected during the war of 1914-1918. On the way I will read you from the diary of Battalion Dr. Lau who took approximately the same walk to a defensive action on 25 September 1915.I'm Isabelle Leijn. 15 years ago I bought a house in France. It had French caves, probably for wine. Later on, I found out that those were German Unterstanden; Dug outs. The posts and barbed wire in it, which I used to enclose my property with, were found to be 1st world war remnants. I lived in the middle of a former battlefield! My quest for "What happened in my garden?" began. Now many years later, many books, talks and collaborations later, I know a lot about 'my' surroundings and I guide people through the fantastic Argonne Forest to share this history. I adapt the level of energy in the group, we can make easy walks and tough ones. Along the pavement or up and down ravines. I give several tours; the Lost Battalion, Along the front line, Behind the front line, Night Walk through the trenches, in Autry and around. The Argonne Forest is an exceptionally well preserved forest, with a lot of trenches, bunkers, tunnels, camp sites, and stories in it.
I guide for few hours up to 1 week persons or groups around and I read out loud daily stories written 100 years ago by French or German soldiers on that same right spot. So it becomes vividly, this beautiful sunny forest today, was once a harsh battlefield. Please come along!
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