Munich Part 2

The next day I went on another tour, rightfully named the Castle tour.

Our first stop was the Linderhof castle. It was small, but very very ornate in the inside.

We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, but I found some for y'all to see online.

Next we headed to this little town that had fairytales on their houses!

This was Hansel and Gretel!

This may look like a photo, but it's all carved of wood!!!!

His carving station!

I ate lunch with two girls on met on the tour, Dee and Patsy.

We enjoyed sharing stories over amazing Bavarian food!

And of course Bavarian cream!

 The most beautiful place in the whole world. I am sure of it!

We went inside, but again no pictures were allowed.

This was on the Autobahn! 

Yay for no speed limits!

We went to dinner that night at a place right in the heart of Munich!

 When I finally got back to the house, I enjoyed tea and biscuits with Peter, who is from the UK!

I attended mass the next day at a church where Peter and Heidrun play music.

It's an English speaking church and afterwards I went to the coffee room and met so many wonderful people!

Then I headed to a place I had been thinking of my whole trip.

Dachau

The bunks when the camp was created in 1933

vs. the bunks in 1945, they took out the middle bars to create more room for more people

I learned that these rooms were created for 50 people, but by 1945, there were over 450 people in each room.

These next few pictures are of the memorials built by different religious groups.

This is a monastery of the Carmelite nuns.

They wanted to be close to the site to continuously pray against violence such as what occurred here.

This was a beautiful memorial to the unknown people who were buried in mass graves here.

I thought long and hard while deciding whether or not to take pictures here.

I walked in and out of the crematorium three times before deciding that I made the decision for myself.

I thought it was important to share these images of the place where something so horrific happened.

This was the second crematorium they build, titled Barrack X.

This was the only gas chamber they had on site.

Dachau was not an extermination or death camp, but a working camp, so this gas chamber was never used for mass killings, fortunately, but many survivors of Dachau stated that small groups and individuals were tested on in here.

 This was the original crematorium, but once they were overcrowded and more people were dying, they had to build the bigger one.

This was the bunker where they kept war criminals and special prisoners who either got worse treatment or special treatment.

They had several priests staying here and gave them this altar so that they could say mass.

I left Dachau and went and had dinner with Peter and Heidrun and then we walked around the city for a bit.

Tiny door!

This was my last day in Munich :(

I finally got to see the infamous surfers! 

This was in the English Gardens and they just jump in and surf and switch off turns. So cool

Next was Olimpiapark!

I explored around here for quite awhile!

The top of the tower had a rock museum for some reason and they had stuff signed by Britney Spears!!!!

 I climbed to the top of the hill up there ^ and had an amazing view!

I then went back into town and explored until I had to leave for the airport.

This was the Nazi Party headquarters.

 There was a strange memorial to Michael Jackson.

What was really strange was that wasn't even his statue

My last (very Bavarian) meal in Munich :(

And off I went, with a beautiful site I might add.

Flying over the Swiss Alps was something straight out of a dream.

So beautiful

The sun was just setting when I got into Italy.

 I booked two more trips in the next two weeks to Croatia and Madrid.

This week I will be working and catching up with what I've been missing in Rome.

Ciao!