I've been to this church in the Normandy countryside. It's remote, removed from the beaches, and from all outward appearances unremarkable. It's not until you walk in and realize how small it is inside, unlike the grandiosity of Notre Dame in Paris or Cathédrale Notre Dame in Reims: it's narrow and confined. How so many wounded soldiers fit in the little space is beyond me. I can't imagine the stone floor slicked with blood, the moans of pain, the smells of wounds. Even the pews seem too narrow to accommodate a human body laid lengthwise.

Even with all that said, if you stand inside that little church it's impossible not to feel the touch of history. Of everything I saw in Normandy, nothing made a bigger impression on my than the little church in Angoville-au-Plain.

Watch the movie "Le Mans" with Steve McQueen to see Reims in it's full glory. Seeing the paddock like this nearly brought a tear to my eye.

Oh, and nice car. The auto-blip feature is genius.

@conan:

Ja, das habe ich mich auch gefragt. Ich habe mir nur einen Reim im Zusammenhang mit dem Autofahren gemacht. Gehört habe ich den Ausdruck aber auch noch nie...

(sorry for the german part here)

Hey Lisa,

I saw some of Chagall's work in the Cathedral at Reims. Total blow-away of form and colors.

Google "Reims" and check out his stained glass work there as he was commissioned to help restore the cathedral after World War II. I think you'll love it.

Sc