Thursday, June 14, 2012

June 11, 2012

























Today was a really fun experience.  We met downstairs and hopped on a train to the central station and caught another train to Dachau, which is about thirty minutes out of Munich.  Dachau was a main concentration camp during the Nazi rule, I am sure everyone knew that though.  We toured the camp for a few hours and checked out all of the monuments, barracks, crematorium, graveyards, etc.  I have always wanted to go to a concentration camp just so I can know how it really is and what it must have been like.  There was an ominous sense about the place, to me that is, I’m sure everyone can understand the weird feeling one would get walking into a place where thousands of people were killed.  After visiting Dachau we came back to Munich.  We got to go on another bike tour today around Munich and it was great like all the others.  We got to see all of Munich and the weather was cool so it was comfortable.  Our tour guide’s name was Levi and he was a character.  Apparently he has lived everywhere from Australia, to Hawaii, to Seattle, and now Munich.  He also has had a variety of jobs from a gay bartender, jiu-jitsu trainer, bike tour guide, etc… I’m not sure what was true and what wasn’t.  After the tour we were done for the day.  We all went to a bar and had a few drinks with Levi… he is definitely a trip, I cannot even explain this guy to you.  Later we went to a place called the ‘Youth Hostel’; it is a part of Munich where all the tourists and young people hang out. It was a really fun time.  After this we called it a night and parted ways with Levi.  We have an early morning tomorrow.

T

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