city of beer

From Milano to Munich. It's hard to imagine that even at this time of year Munich City is jam packed. Every hostel and hotel in Munich is basically booked solid, which makes for a fun time. This city is full with amazing things to do and see. Deciding to be lazy and not have to use a map for a few days, I tagged along on a walking tour of Munich, learning alot about the fascinating history of this unique country and of course....BeEr. After so much talk about beer and how important it is to Bavarians, what better to do than to join a beer challenge tour! Starting at 6pm and ending at about 5am... We hopped from jager house to jager house "sampling" what Bavaria puts up on a pedistil the most. Think giant beer houses packed with picnic benches filled with smiling faces and even an umpapa band in lederhousen. It sounds really touristy but happily was not. After a short 4 hour sleep it was time to jump out of bed and off to Dachau. Not recommended when hung over but highly recommended. Chilling, shocking, and very very sad. Did I mention sad. Dachau was one of the very first concentration camps being build in 1933. The most chilling things that went on at Dachau to me was not the mass killings in the gas chambers or the sick medical experiments made on prisoners but all the small things that only the sickest of minds could create. Shelves, coat hooks, and lockers were there for the prisoners but because the prisoners were not allowed any belongings, these were put there simply to torture the prisoners and remind them that they have no individuality or belongings in Dachau. Every little thing in Dachau was about torture, whether it was physical or mental these 200,000 souls were quote "in a state of trance" cooping everyday with unimaginable torture. If you ever get the chance, go to one of these memorial sites, you leave feeling disturbed yes but also very blessed for the right to be an individual, a word that we take very much for granted. On a lighter note, tomorrow I check out the Neuschwanstein Castle. A fairy tale adventure....

 Some kitschy art in our dorm..Gotta love this.

 

I survived the Munich Beer Challenge...barely

 Prost! My very first 1L of beer

This place used to be mens only and they peed on the floors into little trenches. O the history of Munich

 Wheat Beers

 Very sad.. Some personal belongings that were taken away from prisoners in Dachau

 Torture bunkers

Crematorium