Last day in Germany

4.3.2011

All in all, an okay day.  There's a few things I didn't get to, but I guess that means I'll have to come back.  Never a bad thing, really....

The rest of the house went to Dachau- I had no interest in going back (and to top it off, my ankle was swollen....  yay tendonitis :/).  Going to a concentration camp is something you only need to do once in your life.  Perhaps I'd go back, like if Casey and I go on a trip together, but large group stuff doesn't interest me. 

In general, I think this will be my last large group trip.  Next time it's only going to be family or one or two friends.  I really hope that this trip with my sister turns out- I think she would be awesome to travel with.  The only way I'll be on a large group trip is if I'm leading it, which I don't see happening anytime soon.  I mean, really. 

My original plan was to get up late enough not to go to Dachau, but soon enough to make it to the Glockenspiel show.  Well, that didn't quite happen, since my alarm again didn't go off.  But it all turned out okay.  I got up, showered and was on my way.  I stopped for some breakfast at the little shopping center at the train station around the corner.  Bratwurst mit Semmel.....  and when I wasn't paying attention, I ordered Senf- mustard.  Ewwww....  but it didn't matter, since the Wurst itself tasted disgusting.

I ended up going shopping, then returned to the hostel, then went out again with my film camera in hand.  Hopefully some of these pictures turn out.  I walked around Viktualienmarkt and made it into a bookstore.  There I bought three rubber ducks dressed as the stereotypical bairisch Germans.  And my all surprsises, as I exited the bookstore, the Glockenspiel started playing!!!  I know it's a stereotypical tourist thing to stand and watch for the full time, it was one of those things I needed to cross off my list. 

I slowly made my way back, doing a little more shopping.....  which I didn't complete since I didn't get my family anything....  :/  So far this has been a dull last evening in Germany.  No one wants to go out, which I think is completely lame.  I know, there's logical reasons not to, but come on- it is our last night in Germany....  It's my last night in Europe for awhile, since I don't currently have any plans to make it back here in the next year (though you never know).  Though this year our plane leaves rather late tomorrow afternoon; not like in the past where we've had to leave our hostel at 3 or 4 in the morning....  not asking for a Dane-esque last night.



--other notes:
----delicious almonds
----S. Oliver
----no Gusthof knives
----super sweet juice mix
----Fasching decorations, little kids in crazy make-up

Originally posted in Max Kade München Trip 2011. 

Schlechte Bloggerin

I'm bad at blogging on this trip.  I thought it was going to be easy....  but I'm always tired.
And you must have a group mentality, since it is a group trip....  which is harder than I thought it would be after traveling by myself....  :/

Originally posted in Max Kade München Trip 2011.