Hello again!

Today was an interesting day to say the least.  First our group when to Sachenhousen (a concentration camp located just 4o minutes by train outside of Berlin) and toured what still remains.  It was both incredible, yet surreal.  Even with the old buildings and mass graves surrounding me, I could not truly appreciate what had happened there because it didn't feel real.  One moment I would be choking back tears and then the next almost oblivious to my surroundings.  It was awful when I felt sad, but it was even more awful when something would distract me and I knew I couldn't truly appreciate what had happened in that same exact place.  My camera is pretty much dead, but I would not have wanted pictures.  Remembering today feels right, scrapbooking it, however, does not.  What I saw is far from what I expected

After I saw . . . . OBAMA!  Ok, so I didn't see him, but it was absolutely incredible.  Over 200,000 people pushed their way into the crowd just to get a glimpse of him.  Although I agree that his speech may not have been appropriate pre-election, it was amazing to see so many American flags so far from home.