Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Carbonated Apple Juice

The day started off a little later than yesterday and was a more relaxed morning. We took the ole S2 to Dachau to look at the concentration camp memorial and site were the real Holocaust events took place.

The ride to the Dachau station was actually one of the best parts of the morning. We met some fellow 'mericans (insert Merica scream here) and talked to them. This guy from Texas happened to be a huge soccer fan, which was cool to see another person from the states that was a soccer fan. And his favorite team happened to be Arsenal!!!! So it was good we loved the same team. He lives in Houston so he is a Dynamo fan also. He knows a couple of their players, but he used to be friends with somebody that now plays on Stoke!!! That's right everybody BREK SHEA!!!! But after a while the conversation changed so I got bored and the train was hot, luckily the train ride ended.

Having already been to the Holocaust museum in Washington DC, I kind of already  new what was in store. It's no where  near the happiest place to be in Munich, but it is pretty educational and if you haven't been to the Museum in DC or any other camp, this is probably a must stop in Munich if you've already done the things you wanted to do. I think if you've visited the museum in DC, you don't have to come here, but other people said that since this is the real place, you must come here even if you've traveled to the museum in DC. Anyways we got an audio guide and toured some of the main parts of the camp. We spent most of our time in the museum of the camp. It can get a bit wordy, but some of the facts are worth the reading. Dachau was one of the first concentration camps and maybe even THE 1st. I know many of the camps created after were modeled after this one. Anyways after a while the info seemed to be repeating, but the feel of the real structure and seeing the architecture  makes you feel closer than the DC museum. 

While waiting for the train back to the city center, we got some apple juice out of a machine. It was fizzy and had bubbles in it, like a soda!!!! It was amazing. I've seen carbonated water and some other carbonated things, but this was amazing, haha. 

Later tonight we walked to the English Gardens or whatever they're called. We saw the Munich suffers that surf by the bridge on the fast-paced water. We walked past the naked people on the meadow. I thought that was really weird. Then our final stop was at the beer garden thingy where we had a giant pretzel and some fizzy water.

Tomorrow, off to Salzburg.

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