Everyones Free To Wear Sunscreen. And Beer Goggles.

On our way to Munich we made a couple stops at some really cool places. First was this sweet jewelry store, and while the name escapes me right now, it was filled with gorgeous jewelry and everything was all a glitter!

We also stopped at this random park with this cool ass fountain and stuff to play on and even a maze made of shrubbery, which was actually kind of hard and I got lost in there at for a while!

The most intense stop by far was the The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site in Dachau, Germany. It was so somber and humbling learning about the Holocaust tragedy, and simply trying to fathom the inhumanity, cruelty and lack of empathy of the Nazis was so difficult. Actually being there made the whole thing seem so real, not just something you read about or have heard about. Intense. Ryno gave us some insipirational words of wisdom after we boarded up the coach and we listened to the song (Everyone’s Free) To Wear Sunscreen by Baz Luhrmann. The lyrics are motivational and great, I suggest you watch the video, and imagine listening to this right after experiencing the intensity of spending a few hours at the concentration camp.

When we got to Munich we had some free time to explore the city right away. We walked from our coach to the town centre and Ryan our guide pointed out some cool places to go and, like always, handed us his “Ryno in your pocket” with tips of places to see in the city. We walked around and shopped a little bit, and saw the historic Glockenspiel (this large bell tower thing with 43 bells and 32 figurines that move twice a day). Then we grabbed some tasty bratwurst, and walked inside the The Frauenkirche, a large church famous for the Teufelstritt, or Devil's Footstep, at the entrance. There are numerous legends around the strange black foot-print looking mark, and the church was pretty cool.

We got back on the Coach after spending the afternoon in the city—we were in Germany, so we needed beer (some of us had already started enjoying the fine beer that Germany has to offer!) And where could be a better place, than the famous Hofbrauhaus Beer Hall. Surprise surprise… the beer was plentiful and we were provided with amazing live entertainment! Seriously, every night we have had something cool to watch while we ate and drank. So fun. A couple Contikiers even got on stage and danced and sang with the crew! Just another night in beer-fueled paradise!

“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”-G. K. Chesterton