Viktor would play movies of where we’d been or where we were going during our longer drives. Three episodes of ‘Band of Brothers’ covered D-Day, Battle of the Bulge/Bastogne/Ardenne’s, and the liberation of Dachau, while ‘The Longest Day’ offered sites we’d visited during the Omaha Beach landing. On our last day (Eagle’s Nest), we watched ‘Saving Private Ryan’ on our way back to Munich. Viktor had to stop it before the end as we had a 6:30 reservation at the Hofbrau House for a final meal together. Needing to know how it ended, I leaned over to ask Dean, “Does Private Ryan live?”
”Yes,” he assured.
Norman, our seat neighbor, looked over with his mouth gaping. “He LIVES?” he repeated.
I was shocked, thinking I’d just had a SPOILER ALERT moment😣.
“I’m so SORRY,” I said. “I thought you knew!”
Norman just burst out laughing and said, “YOU are the only one on this bus who HASN’T seen the movie!”
Just 1/5 of us at our dinner together. We were a formidable group!
Up at the top where the Eagle’s Nest is. A memorial to the atrocities of WWII.
What a magnificent view!!
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