Munich

Tuesday, left Vienna traveled to Munich 4.0 hrs on train. Shared table with father & son. Father professor at Bellmont Univ in Nashville (?) Tenn, son going to law school in Paris - they were nice to chat with. They left train in Salzburg we continued on to Munich. Found hostel within a block of train station, dropped bags and headed off tho the town square, Marienplatz. Munich not as easy to manuver as Vienna, hopped on tram and must have looked pretty lost. Elder woman on train motioned for us to follow her - so we did. She took us to the subway and got on the orange line with us. One stop later she motioned us to get off with her then she waved goodbye and we were right where we needed to be. Only one word exchanged between us - Marienplatz. Town center is where the Glochenspiel clock is. We missed the 5:00 show on the clock but mother nature gave us one heck of a show with lightening and a downpour of rain. Stranded us for about an hour but we made it back to hostel, moist but safe.

Storm coming in

Wet Square at Marienplatz

Our hostel found us in a room with 6 beds, 4 beds had young men in them - squirm - but we survived, barely. Krystal on top bunk of wooden beds. Char lay on bottom bunk listening to every creak all night. Next day did tour of former concerntration camp, Dachau. Awesome tour guide, Gordon, from Ireland. Very passionate that whole spectrum be given about concentration camps. This tour changed our understanding of these camps.

Camp Remains-all bunkers were destroyed

Made it back for the 5;00 show on the clock today, whoopee! 12 minutes of hell. Moved to another ghetto hotel (Litty) walked 2 blocks to laundrymat, fought over when soap got dumped in and what temp to use, but clothes smelled better when done. Krystal going European on us, wore same clothes 2 days in a row. What next, hairy armpits ? Krystal's, actual birthday today but she thought Munich stunk so we'll celebrate elsewhere. Hotel room had 3 beds but the toilet was down the hall and the shower was elsewhere also, thankfully they were on the same floor.

Monks walking around the square

Clock Tower