3 generations, after 3 beers and 3 sausages. Hofbrauhaus!
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Death and Life
Munich again. Acted as a tour guide for my dad and grandpa. 3 generations of cool guys.
The town now, however, is being overun by teenage catholics that are taking over the town and playing music and performing. Aparently a of cities have their version of this and all of them will meet in Cologne next week to see the Pope.
Saw the glockenspiel actually turn this time and I read up on the scenes it was interacting, which were kind of interesting. Still not my bag.
We hit up the Hofbrauhaus and it was fun. I got the sausages this time and they are better than the weird pork i had last time.
Learned that Munchen's name comes from the old german word for monk. Monks first settled the city. ;)
I pushed us to go quick and visit Dachau this time though. So as you can see I have posted photos from that. Dachau was not a death camp, but a political prisoner camp, where they treated you horribly and you died, not mass killings. This was the first one and considered a model for all others. There are like at least 4 new churches and synagogues built there. It seems to detract from the solace and the capturing of the mood. The Dachau trip was well worth it though and we made it back in time to have a doner kebab and make our train back.
I know the photos are a little depressing, so I will end on an up note :)
The town now, however, is being overun by teenage catholics that are taking over the town and playing music and performing. Aparently a of cities have their version of this and all of them will meet in Cologne next week to see the Pope.
Saw the glockenspiel actually turn this time and I read up on the scenes it was interacting, which were kind of interesting. Still not my bag.
We hit up the Hofbrauhaus and it was fun. I got the sausages this time and they are better than the weird pork i had last time.
Learned that Munchen's name comes from the old german word for monk. Monks first settled the city. ;)
I pushed us to go quick and visit Dachau this time though. So as you can see I have posted photos from that. Dachau was not a death camp, but a political prisoner camp, where they treated you horribly and you died, not mass killings. This was the first one and considered a model for all others. There are like at least 4 new churches and synagogues built there. It seems to detract from the solace and the capturing of the mood. The Dachau trip was well worth it though and we made it back in time to have a doner kebab and make our train back.
I know the photos are a little depressing, so I will end on an up note :)
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