As mentioned in my previous post, after all the, ahem, trouble, it took to get to Munich, it sure is great all three of us loved it. We arrived just three hours after planned. Our hostel was a short walk from the train station - literally two blocks. We checked in and had a three person room - perfect!
Table with chairs as well as a sink, it was great. I do recall my comforter had an odd smell...but I've quickly learned its necessary to look past things like this and kind of pretend they aren't there.
Day 1: Tour of Munich
The "new" town hall, built in the early 1900's. This is the center of Marienplatz - the town square. Everything in Munich is new in a relative way due to the bombings on the city.
Figurines in the tower of the town hall. They dance to a little tune three times a day - a complete tourist attraction and completely overrated according to our tour guides. I would have to agree, but as a tourist I did feel obligated to watch and am glad I did :)
beautiful church
another square in Munich - the church below is to the right of me
inside of the church - this picture does no justice - the beauty literally took my breath away
recognize this? Hofbrauhaus!
(famous beer hall)
top floor - the ceiling was made to look like the inside of a keg
you're supposed to rub the nose of the tigers face thats located at the bottom of the shield for good luck. there are four lions but you're only supposed to rub three, otherwise you're greedy!
clock tower... doesn't the sky look fake?
delicious restaurant we chose at the end of our tour!
Day 2: Tour of Dachau (Concentration Camp Memorial Site)
For quite some time I've wanted to visit a concentration camp as they are a very important part of history. Visiting made me feel much more informed and educated. Our tour guide is actually studying at a university in Munich, getting her masters and writing her thesis on articles found from the Holocaust. She was very informative which allowed us to get more out of the tour.
Entrance into "Roll Call Square." They ask the door always remain open for symbolic reasons. The door does say "Work will set you free" in German.
Roll Call Square
Structures in the back are re-made barracks for visitors to see what they were like
Those were the only two pictures I took throughout the tour. Photography was more than okay, but in such a reflective and quiet place, it felt like that was more necessary than picture taking.
Overall, I'm happy we went. Throughout the tour it was very crazy to think I was standing on the ground where such things happened only 70 years ago.
Day 3: Wandering Munich
We had until about 2pm before we needed to head to the airport to head to Zurich
not the most quality picture - BUT - these guys only march once every seven years and we saw them! after the plague, men marched/danced through the city in red outfits like these to notify the townspeople it was okay to come out of their homes - it's tradition now to do once every seven years
confetti! it was carnival :]
Adorable buildings on the main street to Marienplatz, just plain cute.
Up next: Zurich! Stay tuned.
Also coming up in life: Tomorrow morning we (the 15 Americans) are heading to Belfast for the weekend! It's a trip for our Irish Life and Culture class and our professor will be going with us to guide us throughout Northern Ireland. I'm excited! Our group gets along well and has a lot of fun together :] However, I will be leaving Saturday evening back to Dublin, because at about 6:00am Sunday morning Sean (my boyfriend) is arriving! We're both very excited! He'll be here for a week so I'll be showing off Dublin (and trying some new restaurants I've had my eye on)!
Have a great weekend all.
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