Guten Tag from MUNCHEN!

Well, I made it to Munich. The flight was brutal but I made it. I just don't tollerate those long flights like I used to. I have now been up for about 29 hours. I am trying to stay awake untill bed time so I can sleep through the night tonight. We arrived at o7:00 this morning and after checking into our hotel we jumped on the train and headed to Dachau, the German concentration camp used during WWII where thousands of jewish and political prisoners were either worked to death, executed, gased and then incinerated. It was a very compelling place to visit. I have a couple of pictures below. One of a huge sculpture of bodies symbolizing the bodys as they were tossed into trenches and mass graves. The other picture is of the place where they creamated the bodies.

After leaving Dachau, we went to the down town section of Munich and had dinner on a open air cafe. I had Sauerbraten and potatoes. It was quite good. Below is an example of some pretty interesting architecture in the center of town. It is the Ratskeller and has human sized figurines that move like a coo-koo clock on the quarter hour.

Our hotel is not very much - its right on the highway which runs next to the railway. No air conditioning of course so we will have to have the windows open - good thing I have ear plugs!

I will try and keep te blog active while I am here so my family can keep up on the goings on.