Munich, Germany (November 14th-17th)

This trip was a little different from the others but just as fun. Jake also joined me and my friends from SLU on this trip which was a lot of fun too. We flew in on Friday morning, leaving our homes around 6 in the morning which wasn't fun at all. So by the time we arrived in Germany we were starving but we immediately ran into a little store with 1 euro pretzels with butter...it was perfect. Friday we did a little exploring without any plan in particular. We did get a nice lunch though. For some reason I always end up with the least appealing meal. This time it was meatloaf, that tasted like a hot dog, but had some good potato salad.

Here are some of the exploring pictures...

We found a market that was open everyday except Sundays. Who knew thats where Santa hangs out...
The next day, we went to the concentration camp Dachau which was constructed in 1933, liberated in 1945 by the U.S. Armed forces and Re-created in 1965 as a Memorial Site. Our tour guide was different and was very dedicated to telling the story. The important part was that Dachau was made a memorial by the inmates who did not want pity, but wanted people to see and learn from what they had experienced. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures from the camp. But my friends have plenty.

Later that night we visited the famous Hofbrauhaus. All of my friends ordered beers, but I was in the mood for ice cream, so thats what I got.
That pretzel was the softest most delicious pretzel I have ever tasted.

The next day we headed out early on a tour of all of Munich. We saw the Glockenspiel go off at noon and learned that it was no automatically operated so it never goes off on time. But it was fun watching the figures dance, and a little creepy at the same time. The music was like a music box that you wind up, it almost seemed like something was going to blow up in the end, but nothing did.

I don't exactly remember what this creature was called or his purpose but it is definitely ugly.

The next morning was an early flight home to Madrid and then straight to class from the airport. The weather in Germany was cold but I did learn a lot.