The most beautiful model in France, Laetitia Casta, is from Normandy.
Aerial views of Normandy:
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmrCH0AhbDg
My distant ancestors were Vikings who conquered Normandy (“Northman-land”) in northern France.
Coat of arms of Nogent-le-Rotrou in Normandy
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Yours truly in 2004 at the Abby for Men (“L’Abbaye des Hommes”), built by William the Conqueror in Caen, Normandy
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At Étretat in 2004, on the coast, facing the White Cliffs of Dover on the English side
The Normans, bored by peace, went on to conquer England in 1066 — and then conquered and settled Ireland in the 1160s.
Hugh de Nugent built this in County Westmeath; it needs some roof work now.
A relative, Count Laval Nugent, born in Ireland, became a field marshal of Austria and recipient of the highest Austrian medal for valor, the Maria Theresa Order. I bear a striking physical resemblance to him in eyes, head shape and nose.
Count Nugent’s castle in Croatia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubovac_Castle), bestowed upon him by the Austrian emperor Franz Josef after awarding him one of the highest Austrian medals for valor, the Knight’s Grand Cross of the Maria Theresa Order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Order_of_Maria_Theresa
More photos of this castle: http://tinyurl.com/m3ngfzp
My father James fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII…. here commemorated in Arlington, Virginia
He was a captain in the Korean War, and finally reached lieutenant colonel.
The warrior is in our blood.
“This world is a place of conflict, and he who will not fight does not deserve to live.”
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