I did this in 2002 but I think it is worth sharing and recommending this experience to others. This is not a “here’s a picture of me standing in front of the Eiffel Tower” kind of trip, although I am not taking away from that and I have done that too. Going there was not like being a tourist. It was different to that. This was a great trip because it showed me how dispicable war can be but also the power of hope, how people can rebuild their lives and the will to live in a future without war. The taking of civilian lives in war is always wrong. I seen many photographs of the victims immediately after the bomb was dropped on the city. Some showed people with the skin haging from their bodies or suffering from radiation sickness afterwards.
At the peace monument a young girl came up to me and gave me a little origami swan and a poem she had written about peace. This and the whole trip was very moving and enlightening.
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