Munich

Yesterday, ten of us, out of everyone in our program, went to Munich for the day. We went in groups of 5 so that we only had to pay 6EURO for a ticket that would work for the train, buses, and even sbon (like the subway). Me, Laura and Karley met at our usual spot at 730 to walk to the bus stop by the school and ride it to the train station. There was only one problem that occurred...we missed the bus by literally 2 minutes. Ha Ha so, we ended up having to walk 45 minutes to the train station and instead catch the 915 train! :( It was okay though because weren't really on a time schedule or anything! lol

We got there a little bit after noon and we got on the subway thing that took us to Dachau. Yesterday, for the 4 1/2 hours we were there, I experienced one of the most overwhelming and humbling experiences of my life. I've always been intrigued with WWII, but actually being there where the absolutely horrific events took place was a whole new experience.

This is the sign that you see when you're entering the whole place.

"Work Will Set You Free"
One of the monuments in the camp that says "Never Again" in different languages.
At the camp, there are only two barracks that are still standing for everyone to walk through and see the extremely small living areas that they had to stay in. This is where Barrack 7 once stood. Someone left this rose with a note on it that said something in German. All I could understand was the name and a date.
This was the room where they would go in and think they were going to take a shower, when instead of water coming out of the "shower heads" in the ceiling, gas would come out...

The whole time I was there, it was ridiculously difficult to just not cry my eyes out. If the different rooms and places weren't difficult enough, they had videos and everything on display which would really hit you pretty hard.

After the camp, we decided to lighten the mood a little bit and head to the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. The Hofbrauhaus is an extremely large brewery in Munich. It was really cool...and the beer actually tasted amazing (but to set the record straight, I only tasted someones beer! I ordered a coke..you can check my receipt). :)

On our way to the Hofbrauhaus, we passed by this absolutely GORGEOUS catholic church. We lucked out and got there right before 5:00. The reason it was good that we got there then was because at 5:00, the bells go off and then these little people in the clock tower start going around the bells and everything. It was basically just like a giant koo koo clock. lol It was really cool.

Well, that just about sums up my Munich experience. Unfortunately, time ran out and we didn't get to go to all the places we wanted to visit but it was still really cool. Today, 8 of us are camping out in McDonald's studying because we get free wifi here! yay for homework....