For our first free weekend a group of other students and I decided to travel to Munich. We boarded the train at 4:00 on Friday and then we were off to Munich. Everything was going smoothly until it came time to get off the train and find our way to our Airbnb. We all decided that since it was late our best bet would be to get taxis. Four of us hopped into a taxi and then proceeded to what we though was our Airbnb. Unfortunately this was not the case. We ended up at the wrong location but after a minute it seemed as though we had cleared it up with our driver. After about 20 minutes of driving it became apparent that we had not cleared up the confusion... Stop #2 was also not where we were trying to go. As it turns out it is important to make it very apparent to the driver that you are trying to go to an address in Dachau, not in Munich. One might think that would be the end of all of this but the struggle was not over yet. Our driver pulled over on the correct street this time, but about a mile and a half away from where we were trying to go. At this point we were so stressed out over the whole ordeal that we decided to just get out and walk from there. On our walk there we saw some sort of strange European rodent and got to look at the stars. Upon finally reaching the Airbnb the rest of our group had pizza waiting for us which we ate with pure bliss. Looking back the taxi ordeal was extremely frustrating, but all in all it makes for a pretty funny story. After eating we went to finally get some sleep for the night. This is also when we realized that our room had a James Bond theme to it, which was pretty dang kool. The next morning we woke up early and had a great breakfast to start our first day in Munich.
Our Airbnb was beautiful and the breakfast put us in a great mood to start our day. After breakfast we went to the Dachau concentration camp. This was the main thing that I wanted to do while in Munich and I am very glad that I got to go and learn more about the monstrosities that occurred there. Going to Dachau was extremely impactful. Walking through Dachau it was hard to imagine that such horrible things could have occurred there. Massive poplar trees line an entry to the camp and in a way they offer a feeling of safety and security. Upon stepping past the trees though one can see site after site where buildings used to stand and where terrible acts occurred. After leaving Dachau we were all in a very sullen mood. The knowledge we had just taken in was obviously weighing heavily on all of us. As we headed back to town though we began to get more lively. We ended our day with dinner at the augustiner biergarten. The next day we were all exhausted but we managed to see the glockenspiel and Olympic Park befor boarding our train home. Once again we were faced with some difficulty in transit though because apparently there was a fire on the tracks. This put us getting back late but again added to our story of how bad our luck was with transportation. Our first free weekend was all over the map but I am still filled with excitement for all of the weekends to come. Next stop, Vienna!
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