munich and salzburg

munich was great! the first night we were there we decided to go to the augustiner beerhall. we sat at the same table as some german men and they were so fun and so nice and they paid for our dinner and taught us german drinking songs! the next morning we went on a tour to dachau. there were five people in our tour group which was nice because it was easier to hear what our very knowledgable tour guide had to say. the concentration camp was attached to the ss headquarters and while the concentration camp has been preserved and changed into a memorial, the ss headquarters part of the camp is being used as training grounds for the riot police. twisted. and embarrassing for the germans. we went to the hofbrauhaus that night and listened to the men in lederhosen play their traditional german tunes.

in salzburg we wandered around to find a place to eat forever! we finally found a little italian place called pasta and vino. after some confusion due to language barriers, we were seated and served a delicious meal. after we left, we read about the restaurant and it said that it was a reservations only place. i guess that just shows the power of a smile and being naive! we went back to our hostel and found a friend from the previous week in interlaken! we had no idea that he was going to be in salzburg so it was a huge and pleasant surprise! the next day, anna and kaitlin and i went on the sound of music tour and it was fabulous! we were the only ones singing but it was still really fun! we were dubbed the SOM experts and we became famous because a school group was taping some things about the tour and they asked us to sing 16 going on 17 a capella in front of the famous gazebo (we complied) and then they interviewed us later. fun day!