Travelled: 116km from Mery sur Seine
Stay: La Ferte Milon- parking along Ourcq Canal N49.1818 E3.1349
Visited: American WWI memorial in Chateau Thierry
Once again we spent the day travelling north and doing preparations for our departure in a couple of days. We started with doing a wash of items we are going to leave behind, having spotted a set of washing machines in the E.Leclerc carpark in Sezanne. On our approach to Chateau Thierry we spotted a very distinctive monument on top of a hill and decided to go and have a closer look. It was an American WWI memorial built in 1937. On one side reflects the unity between France and the United States.
Overlooking Chateau Thierry
The other shows a map of American military operations that took place in the region.
We also had a look in the visitors centre giving us more detail on America’s involvement in WWI.
We continued on to La Ferte Milon where we had chosen a spot for tonight. The lovely summer weather has gone replaced by rain, so we busied ourselves with some bookwork, cleaning and sorting. Late in the afternoon the rain eased and we walked 1km along the canal into the village. The Ourcq Canal was built the early 1800’s on orders by Napoleon. It would have a dual purpose of providing shipping channels and also to bring water to Paris. It is still used by pleasure crafts and the water is used now to clean out the sewer systems in Paris.
In La Ferte Milon it was hard not to notice the ruins of an unfinished castle perched on a rock above the town.
We walked up and down the main road and then returned to Bluey.
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