munich, Germany

Munich, Germany

GOODMORGIN. (Good morning in Germany)

Munich is the third largest city in Germany and is the capital of Bavaria. The first day we went to the Dachau concentration camp just outside the city. It was pretty tough walking through and seeing everything. Out hotel owner was 9 when the war started. He and his family are Jews and he and his father escaped several times. He learned how to make his own money and started hotels. We got to meet him and his son married an Israeli. They are about to move back to Israel to start a spiritual hotel! How exciting!

We went to Marienplatz, which is a central square in the city center. It is where all of the touristy markets and shopping is located. The Frauenkirche Cathedral is the most famous building in the city centre. They were uncovered a underground town… yes they are still finding more ruins in Europe!

BMW headquarters

We went to the BMW headquarters. It was very high tech inside and they had cars to sit inside. They have cool and fun racing games to play. It was very classy inside; it was very clean and sleek. We took a tour of the place and saw the cars metal being cut and made then transformer robots putting them together. It was really scary how precise and exact the robots do their job. The BMW headquarters is next to the Olympic Park. The Olympics was here in 1972 and they still use the buildings as a concert hall.

University

We walked around the University in Munich and took pictures in front of their waterfountain.

The papers

We saw the building where Hitler and Mussolini signed “the papers”

English Gardens

The English Gardens is the biggest park in the world. It is almost 1000 times bigger than central park! It was gorgeous. There was a river in the park. They put a concrete barrier to create a wave so surfers can surf in the river. It was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. It was really cold though so they had to wear body suits.

Some of the guys in our group ran into Bon Jovi!!!! He walked out of a small pub and went into his limo because he had a concert the next night. Too bad I missed it!

Munich, Germany had really friendly people. The only problem is that it was cold and rainy! It is a really good thing I brought my sweat pants and sweat shirt!

Leisel… my Austrian doll has a new German friend named Lionel!

I miss Texas, chips, salsa, queso, Dr. Pepper, my bed, water, sweet tea, and free refills.

Milan, Italy… Please give me some sun and some good food!

Maybe a little bit of shopping?

Chow!