Saturday: Train ride to Normandy!!! This was my favorite part of the first week. I LOVED Normandy. Saturday was a slow day, just unpacked and had dinner at a cafe.Sunday: Sunday was the most important day of the whole week for me. We were up early and toured all the beaches from WW2 and went to Pointe du Hoc. We saw German miliary weapons and saw craters in the ground 15 feet deep from 60 years ago. Omaha Beach was very cool. I saw and understood how the Americans had to climb over this massive hill. I don't understand how they did it. The weather was shitty and it made the day even more emotional. Dr. Mackaman lead the tour and he told us so much about D-day. I learned so much.
The turning point of my trip occurred at the American Cemetery mainly for some reasons I won't post online. However, one thing that Dr. Mackaman asked us to do was to find a solider and thank him. I decided that I wanted to find a private from Texas, because chances are was that he would be around my age. The solider I chose was Charles L. Kestler, Jr. I bought him a metro ticket to Paris to thank him for giving me the chance to be able to come here. It was the emotional I had ever been on this trip and probably will be. Another thing that was important was the Dooley Brothers from Texas too and seeing Theodore Roosevelt's son's cross. The cemetery was beautiful and it was so nice to be back on American soil for a hour. All the plants (included the grass) was grown in the US, so it was oddly familiar and comforting.
That night we went back to our cute little hostel and CRASHED! Physically and emotionally exhausted we all were! A quick dinner made by our hostel and a shower later, we were back into bed because Spring Break was about to start!!!
More tomorrow :)
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