Munich

We arrived in Munich early this morning. We both slept really well in our sleeping car, which was a relief! We ended up dropping our stuff off at our hotel and heading out for the day since we couldn't check in until noonish.

We spent the morning at the former concentration camp of Dachau. It was a very sobering experience. There's really not a whole lot to say about it, except that I think everyone should see something like this as a reminder of what happened not that long ago.

After Dachau we completely switched gears and headed to Oktoberfest, which just happens to be going on while we are here! We had a good time. The whole thing is like a giant carnival--with a lot of beer. But they have rollercoasters, carnival games, other rides, lots of people in lederhosen and giant horses pulling barrels of beer. It was pretty crazy, but also really fun! We went to the Hofbrau House tent and each had roast chicken, a beer and a pretzel. I could only drink half of my beer--not a big beer fan--but it was huge, to be fair! Aaron managed his just fine! We had some great conversation as well with a group of people from England. Then we each got a bag of sugared nuts--peanuts for me, almonds for Aaron (he actually had two huge bags!)

Now we are headed back to our hotel to relax and rest for a bit....then head out for dinner.