Day 5
We arrived in this cute, quaint town about midday and went on a short tour with Daniela before being let free for the day. The town had multiple churches to visit, and our first stop was the church gardens. We strolled the gardens and spent some time just taking in the scenary.
David absolutely loves decorating for Christmas, so our next stop was the largest Christmas store I have ever set foot in...and as much as it might seem like I'm exaggerating, we spent at least an hour in this shop because of the immensity (and we didn't even go in the museum part!). We left with a cute handmade wooden ornament that adorned our tree this past Christmas.
We arrived in this cute, quaint town about midday and went on a short tour with Daniela before being let free for the day. The town had multiple churches to visit, and our first stop was the church gardens. We strolled the gardens and spent some time just taking in the scenary.
David absolutely loves decorating for Christmas, so our next stop was the largest Christmas store I have ever set foot in...and as much as it might seem like I'm exaggerating, we spent at least an hour in this shop because of the immensity (and we didn't even go in the museum part!). We left with a cute handmade wooden ornament that adorned our tree this past Christmas.
Afterwards, we decided to walk the city wall and take some photos. We also stopped by a local vegan store to grab some dried apples as a bus snack.
After dinner we went on the Night Watchman's Tour with the group and about every other tourist in the city at the time. You might think this sounds absurd, but we were quite the group moving from place to place around town. The Night Watchman gave the tour with some dry humor and a unique tone that made the crowd laugh every time. He shared information about the role of the Night Watchman and stories of how the city had a thwarted attack from the Thirty Years' War through WWII.
After dinner we went on the Night Watchman's Tour with the group and about every other tourist in the city at the time. You might think this sounds absurd, but we were quite the group moving from place to place around town. The Night Watchman gave the tour with some dry humor and a unique tone that made the crowd laugh every time. He shared information about the role of the Night Watchman and stories of how the city had a thwarted attack from the Thirty Years' War through WWII.
Day 6
We made out way to Austria, and on the way we stopped at the Dachau concentration camp. Prior to arriving, Daniela shared some of her childhood memories of learning about WWII in a German school. She gave us yet another personal account of how WWII is perceived and taught in Germany. When we arrived we had a very knowledgeable tour guide, Steve, who has spent the majority of his career conducting historical research. As we walked through Dachau, Steve shared information about the camp and each of the different buildings. As we walked down from one end of the camp to the other, the same walk the prisoners would make in the morning, he pointed out that some prisoners hadn't been able to make that same walk for their morning line-up. The day was cloudy and as we walked through the gas chamber building there was a sense of heaviness that I assume most people felt. Visiting Dachau was hard, it's that piece of history you learn about in school but when you see the vastness of this camp, history becomes more real. Although photography was allowed, we did not feel it was appropriate to take as many pictures as we did at our other stops, but the ones we do have are below.
We made out way to Austria, and on the way we stopped at the Dachau concentration camp. Prior to arriving, Daniela shared some of her childhood memories of learning about WWII in a German school. She gave us yet another personal account of how WWII is perceived and taught in Germany. When we arrived we had a very knowledgeable tour guide, Steve, who has spent the majority of his career conducting historical research. As we walked through Dachau, Steve shared information about the camp and each of the different buildings. As we walked down from one end of the camp to the other, the same walk the prisoners would make in the morning, he pointed out that some prisoners hadn't been able to make that same walk for their morning line-up. The day was cloudy and as we walked through the gas chamber building there was a sense of heaviness that I assume most people felt. Visiting Dachau was hard, it's that piece of history you learn about in school but when you see the vastness of this camp, history becomes more real. Although photography was allowed, we did not feel it was appropriate to take as many pictures as we did at our other stops, but the ones we do have are below.