Day 11

We started our day with our German guide, Barbara at the BMW building and had some time to do some shopping, bad news everyone wanted to buy a sample, good news nobody had a high enough credit limit on their bank cards. :-)

From there we got on our bus for a bus and walking tour of Munich with our first stop at the former royal palace with some impressive grounds but not up to those as Versailles.

From there we headed to the center of the city and saw some areas that are related to events that took place during pre-WWII including a square where Hitler gave speeches during his time in power.

I don’t believe that I’ve shown you a picture of our Tour Director, Larae Malooly, who is all of 4’10” tall and is difficult for all of us to keep up with. This is not a flattering shot of her but does show her mocking me in a friendly way when she was not expecting a picture to be taken. She's been with us since our arrival in London.

We took the day’s group shot there in the square and then headed off for lunch where we all decided that the Hard Rock Café sounded like a good idea. For this picky eater it was nice to get a truly American meal and they even refilled my coke without asking for no extra charge, first time.

The afternoon was a visit to Dachau concentration camp and it was a very quiet ride there and back. We are all tired but I don’t believe that the reason was totally from fatigue but in anticipation of what was ahead. We had a great general tour and watched a documentary film in the middle of the tour which was a welcome respite from the walking.

You can see that we saw the gate, "work will make you free" and walked through for our tour and then later to the ovens that were used to elimiate the bodies of at least 30,000 political prisoners and Jews. Finally a look back over the grounds where the housing was located but destroyed because of the danger from disease. The buildings there now are recreated to show how they looked. The only genuine remaining structures are the foundations that you can see in the grounds shot.

From there back to town for an early dinner and finish to the evening so that we can get an early start for tomorrows trip to the Eagle’s nest in Austria and I’m excited about that.

We are having the time of our lives, but some are growing weary due to the constant push to see what there is to see but tomorrow is another day, our last day touring and then the journey back to Oklahoma. I'm not sure that I'll have time or energy to update tomorrow evening but we'll see . . .
Mr. P