Dachau

We went to the Dachau Concentration camp today.  It has been very different from the other two that I went to and I'm not sure if it's because of the sheer enormity of the complex or the fact that it was a self-guided audiobook tour.  Not sure.  Could be both.  They had a huge creamatorium and gas chamber but they said that supposedly the gas chamber had never been used and that the Germans accused the Americans of building it after they liberated the camp to further incriminate the Nazis... I disagree.  It looked exactly like the one I saw at the other camp that we went to.  Dachau was the place where they did most of the really heinous and insane physical and psychological experimenting.  Very sad to see the before and after pictures.

A lot, though not all, of the people from our group are going to the Hofbrauhaus tonight but not me.  I'm not sure what's holding me back.  Maybe the fact that we now have 5 weeks left to finish reading all 6 books or that we have to do a 2 1/2 hour group presentation on a specific book, or that we have a 12-15 page paper due at the end of the 6 weeks.  I just don't know but they are all good reasons!  I am also getting tired of the food here.  It's either fried or a sandwich.  And the meat in the sandwiches is always something that I have never eaten or didn't like when I tried it.  So I'm stuck with things like pizza (Germans love pizza!), french fries, or some weird sandwich.  Haven't come across too many wursts or anything but the kebabs or 'kebaps' as they call them are pretty good but you can't eat too many of those or you will be hurtin'!

Something that I have also learned is that Germans are really smart folks.  They conserve energy by having lights only able to work when you turn the key, the lights turn off until they pick up motion and then they stay on, AND the escalators stop unless they detect motion as well.  The most brilliant thing is that they have figured out to how to make ice cream cones that are rounded at the bottom so that your ice cream doesn't start dripping out the bottom!  Smart!!!  Tomorrow is a day full of museums... I don't know how I feel about all of that.  Until next time...