Dachau Concentration Camp

On our way out of Munich, going to Schwaikheim (where Marcial lives) we stopped at Dachau Concentration camp. It was snowing, and freeeeeeezing. But nonetheless, I wanted to see it.



The entrance of the camp has a gate that says "Work makes you free." I couldn't believe how cold it was, I can't imagine living there with only limited clothing, or sometimes next to none.






Going into the gas chambers was pretty insane. You could see the slots where the Zyklon-B was dropped from outside, and the doors were extremely thick and made of metal.
It was so weird to walk down the center of the camp, and look up and see the watch towers every 1/4 a mile...
Kind of a heavy thing to do the second day you are in Germany, but I wanted to ... and it was a good experience.

First day in Germany, in Munich

After 12 hours of travelling, I arrived in Munich at noon German time. Marcial took me around the city, and I got to take the tram for the first time. The picture is of the Munich city hall, located right outside of the main train station. It's so much bigger and more beautiful than it looks in the picture. For dinner, we had a traditional Bavarian dinner, with big pretzels, Radler, (lemonade and beer mixed) and Apple pancake-thingees. :) When I got there, it was negative in Celcius (I'm still really bad at comprehending celcius vs. fahrenheit, but I'm sure that's really cold.) But we stayed inside most of the time, so it was ok. Overall, a great start to my stay.