Well, quite a few if you travel as slowly as we do. We have spent the best part of 2 weeks drifting along the River Marne. The area is most famous for 2 things and it would be difficult to think of 2 more diametrically opposed; the Battle of the Marne during WW1 and champagne. The hills are covered with orderly rows of vines producing grapes for a drink which can't fail to lift your spirits and then on the outskirts of the towns and villages you might find more orderly rows but this time it will be crosses marking the graves of thousands upon thousands of soldiers killed in that horrific slaughter. So many and so young. And then there are all those without any name or age - just one word, 'inconnu', unknown. Heartbreaking.
The beautifully maintained American War Memorial near Chateau Thierry.
Inside, the names of the thousands of US soldiers whose bodies were never recovered.
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