When In Munich

From sun up to well past sun down, we never stopped moving in Munich. We saw everything in our five days there and we didn't want to leave. We'd walk around Munich until our feet hurt so bad we couldn't stand anymore so we went back to the hostel and rested for maybe an hour and went out again. Life in Munich could not be better. We were somewhere new every night meeting all kinds of new people. We travelled to Salzburg and hiked around the fortress and saw where Mozart was born and we took a boat ride across a massive, gorgeous lake. We toured a concentration camp, Dachau. It was the first concentration camp and it had a capacity of 6,000 people. We found out by the end of the war, the Nazis had crammed 32,000 people in the bunkers. It was a sad place to stand in and sad to hear about everything they did. We also took a walking tour of Munich with a very passionate leader. Our three hour tour turned into four hours and we could barely function by the end of it. We made it to the Hofbrauhaus but they close at 11 so we didn't stay long. And the craziest part of the trip was the soccer match we watched on Saturday night. The whole town shuts down for the game and everyone floods the bars and restaurants to watch the game and since Germany won, everyone went CRAZY. The streets closed down and the second the game was over everyone, including us, ran into the streets. It was like nothing I have ever seen before. There was chanting and jumping up and down and hugging and ridiculous awesome celebration. There were leaders that chanted something and when they did everyone knelt until he changed the chant then everyone started jumping up and down. It was crazy to see this systematic chanting. And it lasted for hours! When we left we they were still going! Germany is freaking amazing!!!! It was sad to leave Munich because we literally had the time of our lives. I wish I could tell it all on here but there is not enough time, space, and not all can be said out loud on here. Don't worry, I'm keeping a journal too! Cheers for now folks!