We arrived in Munich on Saturday, June 30th. We made our way to the YMCA (or in German JCVJM) where we were staying.

We took a train to Dachau, Germany’s first concentration camp. The walls, gates, gas chamber, and crematorium have been restored since 1962 in an eerie memorial to the victims of Dachau. After a long couple of hours there, we went back to Munich.

Katie Miller at Dachau concentration camp.

Katie Miller at Dachau concentration camp.

Countries of origin of the people that died, Dachau.

Countries of origin of the people that died, Dachau.

Brian Kleinman at Dachau.

Brian Kleinman at Dachau.

Dachau

Dachau

The Jewish Grave at Dachau.

The Jewish Grave at Dachau.

Todesangt Christi Kapelle (Catholic Memorial), Dachau.

Todesangt Christi Kapelle (Catholic Memorial), Dachau.

Katie Miller at the Jewish Memorial Temple, Dachau.

Katie Miller at the Jewish Memorial Temple, Dachau.

We saw the New Town Hall where the Glockenspiel chimes (although we missed it). Then we ate dinner at the Hofbräuhaus, where we sat with what seemed to be the only Germans in the place. After a lot of beer, Radlers (lemonade and beer), and shots of obstler, (which our new-found friends started buying us), we ran back to the JCVJM to make our 12:30 curfew. Pfew!

The Glockenspiel in the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall), Munich.

The Glockenspiel in the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall), Munich.

Brian Kleinman and his beer at the Hofbräuhaus.

Brian Kleinman and his beer at the Hofbräuhaus.

Brian Kleinman eating his dinner at the Hofbräuhaus.

Brian Kleinman eating his dinner at the Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller and her beer, Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller and her beer, Hofbräuhaus.

Hofbräuhaus.

Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller and Miriam Lang at the Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller and Miriam Lang at the Hofbräuhaus.

Tanja Bunkowski and Brian Kleinman at the Hofbräuhaus.

Tanja Bunkowski and Brian Kleinman at the Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller, Miriam Lang, and Marco Villanueva at the Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller, Miriam Lang, and Marco Villanueva at the Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller and Miriam Lang, Hofbräuhaus.

Katie Miller and Miriam Lang, Hofbräuhaus.

A couple from Köln and Tanja Bunkowski, Hofbräuhaus.

A couple from Köln and Tanja Bunkowski, Hofbräuhaus.

The next day we traveled to Füssen, Germany.