Munich

So Munich was kinda a whirlwind of events and time!! There was so much more to do and see in Munich, let me tell you, and when you only have two days you are always moving.

Day one: we got there and scoped out the city which really means walking way more than we need too, getting lost, and stumbling across cool buildings with disruptions in German so we have no clue what it is. But we take pictures and move on nonetheless. That night we ate at a pizza place and went to sleep because we had decided to go on a tour the next day!!

Day two: we wake up, go to the train station to get breakfast and buy sandwiches to bring for lunch, and meet to tour group at platform 11. We are heading off to Neuschwanstein castle!! Actually two of them. The other one is Schloss Hohenschwangau (the less impressive Fathers castle)Very early on we befriended two girls from Wales(Rachel and charlotte) and James from Seattle. They are great company and made our day that much better!! The castles as it turns out had a bunch of crazy history to go along with it, and they weren't as old as you might think. They were reconstructed in like the 1800s buy a father and son duo (at different times) to kinda outdo each other... (Though the son won cause his dad died so). Anyway, turns out that this is the very castle where Walt Disney got his inspiration for the Cinderella castle (or the one you see in the beginning credits!). Our tour guide was really great as well, he had a lot of information of which I could tell you about half as much. Haha. It was about two hours out of Munich, but time passed fast with all the people we were meeting. We had ran into Brice and Adam from New Mexico
now too! Brice even went to The air force academy right out by where we live (small world!). So after that long day we decided to all meet up later and go out to dinner kinda making up a fourth of July celebration!! So we went to the hard rock cafe, so worth it :)

Day Three: we went to Dachau! The first ever concentration camp. It was so hot that morning, but still I am so glad we ended up going. It was really sad and something everyone should experience. There was a definite difference in ambiance there than the rest of the trip. And from there we went straight on to Salzburg!