From the Beer Halls of Munich to the Terrors of Dachau

The latest portion of this trip sent me to Bavaria's Capital, Munchen. Home to the Hofbrauhaus, the Deutches Museum, and numerous lion sculptures, it was a fun and exciting place to go.

Alex and Mauricio had tickets to Australia v Brazil, so I hung it solo for a while. We managed to find a last minute hotel for 50 euro apiece, which wasn't bad considering two entire countries decided to temporarily immigrate to Munchen for the weekend. Mo and myself booked a second night at a second rate hostel. I hung out with some Aussies I met on the train and watched at a local pub with them. Then we went to a beer hall and saw the fervor in full swing for the second half. Despite being offered as much as 650 euros per ticket to the game, [in a 6 month old stadium no less] those fools kept em. So we sang and got rowdy but were too tired after the end to celebrate in the streets with the brazilians at night. In bed by 10, it was a long day of walking.

Next day, we took a walking tour of munich and its beer halls, museums, and famous park which is absolutely enormous. Interestingly, there was a large park filled with, naked people. And lots of them. To make this even stranger, they were playing soccer, and it was men, and almost no girls. You'd think they'd be concerned with the ball hitting them but there they were. Wisely, there are no pictures of this. We saw the english gardens and the birth of national socialism, finally a visit to the Dolce and Gabanna store. However, I thought the nakedness in the middle of the city near essentially no body of water.

Finally on tuesday the 20th, I headed to Dachau concentration camp. Words can't describe it, I only took pictures of the churches on the sites because I felt its something that should be seen if possible in person. Then back to Nurnburg. I spent 4+ hours in the camp, and there were many people there. Truly a tragedy. I have an unlimited pass but the Mo man didn't so he left 45 minutes before me and took a cheaper train. I still beat him by 40 minutes despite the head start. I met some nice americans on the train and we talked sports and cities. It was an ultra modern ICE train. The transportation system here can't be spoken enough of, its fantastic! Saw some germans celebrating Deutchland's victory in Nurnburg, and then back to home base. Tomorrow we will be going to watch the USA take on Ghana. Soccer or Fussball as they call it is king. I guess its back to the Hauptbanhauf, [trainstation] again before I head to Nurenburg, Rothenburg, and the ever popular amsterdam.