We are on our way to Switzerland after spending one day in Munich. It was unfortunate that we did not have more time there but due to a storm in western Germany we had a hell of time trying to get there. A tree fell on the tracks and lightning caused electrical problems as well. 60 miles into our trip the train terminated at some po-dunk little town called Emmrich. They told us to get off the train if we wanted to get on a bus and that is only information we had. There we waited for two hours for these buses that were overcrowded to take us an hour down the road to the next train station. Thank goodness we met some SAE's from Nebraska on our way because when we got to that next station there hadn't been trains in or out of there in four hours. We didn't think we would get to Frankfurt let alone Munich! Some how we got on the metro to the next town then on a train that was headed to Munich. We got in at 3am and had left Amsterdam at 10:30 am. We made the best of the situation and took over one of the cars to have our own mini-party. We checked into our hostel which is called Wombats and it was right next to the train station and we were very excited to have a bigger room.
First thing in the morning we went to Dachau the first concentration camp. We walked through the barracks and did an audio tour. It was incredible to hear the survivors talk about their memories and their own personal experiences. The camp was designed to hold 6,000 people - by 1944 there were over 36,000 squeezed into the camp. After visiting Dachau we went to this great little sushi place where you could get one piece for one Euro of nigiri. Then we went to this square called Marienplatz and did a little shopping to lift our spirits. We then took a train to the English Gardens. It was magnificent! It is the largest public park in the world and there are huge grass fields where you can horseback ride and have pickup soccer games. We saw the Chinese tower and stumbled into a beer garden. There are hundreds of people at picnic tables with their own food, huge mugs of beer and gigantic pretzels. It was such a fun atmosphere! We got some ice cream and shared a pretzel. It was an awesome day in Munich and somewhat bittersweet because our time there was wonderful but it was such a short trip.
Interlaken should be amazing. We are thinking about skydiving over the Swiss Alps, renting vespas or bikes, going swimming and possibly doing some other outdoor adventures. Canyon jumping anyone?
Stay posted for our stories from Switzerland!
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