Didn’t you feel a tug on your leg?
If I had a bucket list, visiting Normandy would be on it.
During my tour in Germany, I visited a number of battle sites, in addition to visiting Flossenburg and Dachau.
What I'd really like to do is spend 6-8 weeks back on the Mosel, and dig into the ancient Roman sites. Romans were a major influence up until the 8th or 9th Century.
I lived in Traben-Trarbach for four years, and learned only recently it was the site of one of John Churchill's (Duke of Marlborough) victories during the Battle of Blenheim campaign in the early 1700s. Never saw any historical markers...not surprising, he was a Brit, and the French and Germans fought over the area for centuries.