Munich - The City of beer and sausages! More wet weather too :( nevertheless we had an awesome time. We begqn with a free walking tour (you tip the guide what ever you wish to) around town. Here we saw a cheesy glockinspeil clock tower, the beer hall where Hitler rallied at his first public speech sparking the Nazi rebellion which ultimately led to WW2. We also saw the site of the failed assasination attempt of Hitler prior to the commencement of the war, his body guard was shot 11 times protecting him, amazingly he too survived! How different history could of been if the assasination attempt was successful.
We also partied a little harder in Munich, James in particular! We met some American University graduates at our hostel who assisted with this! The beer crawl was a must on our agenda (Munich beer halls are the home of October fest) and it met our expectations drinking plenty of one litre steins qnd jager bombs (Jagermeister is very cheqp in Germany, so to is red bull). There is also a purity law in Germany defining that only five ingredients are included in beer, none of which includes preservatives therefore you can drink litres of beer with little hangover effects. Unfortunetley the same can not be said for Jagerneister!
Following a rough start to our second day(for James anyway) we visited Dachu concentration camp. The camp was set up in 1933 and was the longest running camp upon which many of the other camps were modelled upon. Thankfully the gas chambers were not utilised at this camp however, thousands of people still lost their lives here. There was a very sad and eiree feel to the camp knowing the tragedies that occurred in the very locations we stood. In particular the crematoriums were confronting.
Stuttgart - After some hard nights out on the booze in Munich we were ready for a quieter chilled out time. This wish was granted in Stuttgart. Firstly our accommodation was perfect, a quiet qnd quaint hotel with very friendly staff and great breakfast (always a plus). We also indulged in some sunbaking in the park, a visit to the local swimming pool and of course a few more drinks in the beer gardens. Once again we also hired bikes to explore the town.
Stuttgart is the home of Mercedes too so of course we visited the Mercedes museum which was great. Finally we finished off by visiting the sky beach bar, located on the roof top of a department store. The bar is only open in the summer time and is created to resemble a beach, 8 tonnes of sand is brought in to create this. Well worth a visit!
Signing off from Germany for now and on to Paris for the second time round!
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