Battlefields 2017

Fieldtrip to France with la Chategneraie

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DAY 3; Natzweiler

The last day, we went to the Natzweiler concentration camp. It was a cool experience. We learnt a lot of lessons and important things. To not make the same mistakes again. Would not recommend going there with very young kids or overly sensitive people, because it`s super sad and horrible. You picture everything that happened in your mind. It`s probably one of  the saddest and most horrific places i have ever visited. There is also a beautiful monument right next to it. Every year people come together to honor and remember the victims. The survivers often go too, to warn the younger generations and to celebrate their lives and how strong they were. The camp is a reminder that racism is idiotic and we should all love eachother the way we are and not discriminate. No matter our sexuality, religion, nationality or appearance. All of our hearts go out to those affected. The memorial is beautiful. The actual camp is devastating. They’re was also so many wooden statues from this kinda abstract artist everywhere. The commandant of the concentration lived right next to the camp in the comfort of his own home with all of his family and a huge swimming pool. Which is very disturbing

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DAY 3: The Maginot line

The Maginot line was fascinating. It was very historical and you could feel the old vibes. We put ourselves in the places of the soldiers and we hated it. There were so many stairs and way too much noise. I could complain about it all day. The tour guide was hilarious and kept on making the cutest jokes ever. I also learnt so much about everything. Which is super important since we are the new generation. We need to learn about these things to not repeat them, to not make the same mistakes. We learn from our mistakes. At this place there was an awesome board that was for the soldiers that did not know how to read or write. It was meant to tell the soldiers if a room needed maintenance or not. We played with the board for a solid 2 minutes. More interesting facts was that they could not speak to eachother cause the machines and generateurs were so loud so they had to communicate thru lights! They an awesome little train too and once again we sympathized with the soldiers. I totally think that a history lover would appreciate this place. At the end of the tour we were just extremely thankful to not be left handed...

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DAY 2: Boat ride in Strasbourg

The same day at night, we went on a boat ride. I really enjoyed the boat ride. I had lost the day before my folder that we were supposed to fill out and hand in so instead of listening to channel 3 (explaining the boat tour in english), I listened to the boat ride tour in children`s comments (channel 13). Which was interesting and adorable, I learnt a lot things on that boat ride like the fact that a lot of famous people have passed by strasbourg including Mozart, Gutenberg and that the french singer M.Pokora actually was born in Strasbourg. The boat was really pretty and showed some amazing views of this french city. I would also immensely recommend it for a date since it`s extremely romantic. It wasn`t historical but it taught me some culture and history too. It was a very child friendly place too. We walked to the shore, where the boat left. While walking we looked around the beautiful city and we loved it. It was so pretty specially at night. There were a bunch of differents stores, pretty churches, a huge cathedral (that we visited on DAY 4) and just cute little houses. It`s a very an amazing place for tourists and I highly propose it.

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DAY 2: the Ossuary, the trench and Fort Douaumont

On the second day, we went to Verdun. We visited a lot of different places. We went to the ossuary, the trench, fort Douaumont and Fleury. The ossuary was extremely interesting. Cassie and I walked thru the graves and searched for a Jewish tombstone. Afterwards, we watched a history movie in a really comfortable movie room. The chairs were soft, red, and squishy. After the movie we walked around the ossuary and read the names on the wall and imagined what they looked like, what they felt, what they families felt and we got emotional. But it was very interesting. We then went to the trench, where a bunch of us stayed in the bus because we were tired and cold. When we got to the fort Douaumont, we looked at the different rooms. My personal favorite was the pastry because it was a tiny little room with a cute little oven looking thing. It was so sweet. The other thing that I really liked seeing were the watching points/big gun bumps outside on the roof. They had bullet holes in them. It was definitely really cool to learn about the soldiers life`s and what they did to entertain themselves. It is a place worthy to visit because you learn so much and you sympathize with the soldiers.

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DAY 1

On the first day we spent a couple hours on the bus to get to strasbourg, where we visited a bird zoo. We assisted a bird show with different kinds of feathered creatures. These creatures would fly closely to our faces and hair so in a state of panic, I would yell and squish Shereen. I also forced Sheeren to hold a bird, where she found her passion for the creatures. These elegant animals where both terrifying and majestical. We also had a giant gobbly bird walk on top of our legs, out of courage I let him but Cassandra aggressively pushed him away. After the abuse of the poor animal, Cassandra and I walked around the zoo. There was a castle, a bunch of eagles, and multiple owls. The owls would communicate with me and Cassandra. We also took a picture with Basel on our heads. After a while at the location of the events, we left and went to our hostel. I was surprised at how much fun I had at the show and zoo, it was a different experience that I would totally try again. Me and Bella I also fell in love with this tiny adorable owl in which we bought a toy that looked just like him a couple days later. I had a great time and faced one of my fears.

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This place isn`t as important as a historical place but it`s still an important location. People that can`t afford going to different countries or that don`t have time to. Can just go to this place and earn about all types of birds from all around the world. It`s also an entertaining zoo for all ages. It is a nice spot to visit and I recommend it for a fun, light and cute day.