Unfortunately I've never been to europe. I have a feeling I would love it.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Stayed at a bad *** resort and it was beautiful
I've been all over the US but one place that really hit me was a trip to Gettysburg with the Boy Scouts when I was 13. We went out to walk the battle fields early in the morning and there was a fog rolling through. Just eerie and meaningful. We toured the whole area, saw all the monuments, and spent hours at the museum hearing about and reading about the details of the battle. I'm a history and military buff so it was an experience.
Your post and another one from someone else about Normandy both resonate with me. Sometimes it feels like most Americans are all about the now and the future, and care little about the past. I've been to both of those places...just walking around quietly and absorbing the essence of the people that lived (and died) there. A very humbling experience.
Chickamauga & Chattanooga Military park was the first battlefield I had been to and it was similar to hiphopp's experience at Gettysburg. It looked just like the fields at home on the farm, but it felt so different. Very solemn.....not quite sure how to describe it, but it was just like you could feel the history that had happened there.
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