Im in a phone booth!
Bonjour mes amis!
So how about your favorite frenchie was stuck in a phone booth for almost two hours because it was raining so hard! On Sunday, after lunch at the kebab restaurqnt Jenny and I used the internet cafe(my most recent post) and walked down to the telephone booth to call home. It wzs gorgeous sunny weather up until I hung up the receiver and it began to downpour. Jenny and I were ill prepared- in fact we were dressed super cute because it was such a pretty day. We decided to stay in the booth until it stopped and that was indeed for an hour and 45 minutes. It was a little cramped but we took turns standing and sitting. We had deep talks, goofy talks, Disney sing a longs, and even started planning our weddings! If I ever have to be stuck in a phone booth again- I know who I want to share it with! Sunday was a lazy day- and I used the rest of the day to catch up on homework.
Monday, we headed to the World War 2 Museum. The lovely Ms. Theresa Castillo joined us as well! It was probably one of the best museums I have ever visited-the exhibits engaged every sense and totally captured all the themes of war. Now there were some very intense exhibits that were very hard to handle but I understand they created such a dark atmosphere for a reason-ww2 was dark and brutal and full of tragedy,but what came of it was tremendous triumph and change…this may be a longshot but I see why they had a HUGE Obama section in the gift shop.
Later that day, our group visited the WW2 D Day beaches where the US soldiers landed in the middle of the night. It was such an honor to walk down the same hill and stand on the same shore as these brave men. I took some great pictures at Omaha beach and collected sand these as well. Not far from the beach is the D Day memorial to American soldiers. Once again, I cannot wait to post these pictures- especially of the chapel ceiling- it is a mosaic of angels guiding the soldiers when they landed on the beach. It was a powerful day so it was no wonder that everyone passed out on the bus when it was time to leave.