Well it was another fun filled day in Munich! I decided to take advantage of the tour that was offered through our hostel, it was a fantastic tour with a local guy who's focus is to make people understand what it is to live in Munich. The divide between Bavaria and the rest of Germany is really quite intense.. Munich, in short, is made up of older, conservative, wealthy, single people. Whereas the capital city of Berlin is younger, liberal, working class. Most ...

Decided to write this while I'm experiencing a true night in München. Had a very sobering day with one of my hostel mates at Dachau, the Nazi labor camp in Munich. Walking the grounds and reading about the heinous acts that took place there were difficult to digest. It is difficult to imagine that people could even think of the punishments that were enforced on the prisoners there. After getting back from Dachau, it was definitely time to lie down for a bit. I...

Goodbye Italy, hello Germany! Managed to cover three counties yesterday! Went through Austria on the way to Germany, what a gorgeous country. Everywhere it was small churches on hilltops with snow covered mountains towering overhead.. beautiful! About six hours total on the train and I arrived in Munich, Germany! I met a guy studying in Dublin who's from the US and we headed together to the most famous beer hall in the world, the Hofbrauhaus.. over 4000 people ...