The poor weather turned out to be quite appropriate for our day. We visited Dachau - the first Nazi concentration camp. It was a very depressing and sobering experience. The area was restored/museumified in 2003 and traces the history of the camp from its start in March 1933 until the end of WWII 1945. There was also information about the social nationalists and the rise of Hitler to power. I learned a lot about the German history that I had never been taught in school. They depicted the different people who had been sent to the camps and how the camp became more and more horrific with time. The museum was very well done with panels in German and English. There were many pictures of the conditions and atrocities in addition to stories of the people who were imprisoned and their writings. I'm glad I went but it was definitely not a happy-go-lucky part of the trip.
After the concentration camp, we headed into Munich. It was late already and dark so no pretty pictures (sorry). A cool mall with sky plants for greenery:
We had a great meal of suckling pig, dumplings, sausage, kraut, pretzels and beer, oh and applestrudel for dessert. It was awesome.
Night pictures of Marienplatz in the rain:
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