Munich

Once again we failed to have reservations on the trains to Munich because the train station people don’t even know how their own system works. We sat on two trains for 5 hours stressing over whether our seats were going to be taken. We hopped around crossing our fingers that we could stay in one place long enough to get some sleep. Once in Munich it was still raining but we lucked out having our hostel only half a block from the train station… and it was called Jaeger Hostel, with a free shot for staying there. To say the least we were more than pleased to have in-suite bathrooms and amazing showers. We also split up in two 4-man rooms making it a lot easier to function.

For dinner we headed straight to the famous Hofbrauhause. There we had giant steins, brats, dumplings, and pork. Germans simply know how to do it right. On the way we saw the gaudy Munich town hall and shopping plaza. After dinner we hung out for awhile and eventually continued the night at the hostel bar and cheered each other with our free Jaeger shot. To put it simply, it was Justin’s turn to have a not-so-memorable, but good night. A KFC run was also in the mix.

The next day we slept in and saw the Oktoberfest grounds. Eventually JW, Sam, and I headed out to Dachau to visit the concentration camp. For me it was really special and something I had to do before I die. The camp is relatively small and a lot of it is reconstructed to keep it intact. It is free to visit and only 2.50 euro for an audio tour. We saw everything including the gas chambers and crematoriums.

The rest stayed back and wondered around, not realizing it was a German holiday and everything was closed. We all met back later and went to the Augustiner beer-garden. It was basically a giant berr-garden set-up like a park with hundreds of tables, a stage, children’s park, and hanging lights everywhere. Definitely another place to visit again. Afterwards we were all happy campers and continued the night at the hostel. Some went to bed and others ventured to another bar where old Germen men sang songs until late into the night. An old German guy had a lovely dance with Drew while they all sang. He has nothing to comment except that he is embarrassed =).

This morning we got up early as always and got on another train to Prague. We are here now staying at another St. Christopher’s ostel that was built in 2010. Let’s just say were finally livin’ on the higher side of life. Get back to yah later… we found Teryaki!