One Step at a Time: Munich...What Fun!

Germany was a wonderful trip! It was so different from Dubai, and such a great holiday!

It reminded us of fall in New York! We went to the English Garden, which was a huge park! It was beautiful; complete with a sun-shiny day, autumn trees, running springs, benches, and even The China Tower! We spent such a relaxing time there! We also climbed a very old, winding staircase in the tower of St. Luke’s Church to get a spectacular view of Munich...absolutely gorgeous! We visited the Market! This also reminded us of our Farmers’ Market days in New York! The produce was so pretty, and looked so yummy and fresh! The oldest German museum, Deutsches Museum, was so interesting, and HUGE! It had four floors, and had many displays of all kinds of things that the German people had discovered and invented. All of this was done on our first full day!

The next day, we visited the Dachau Concentration Camp. It is about ten miles outside of Munich. It was such an interesting day! We took a tour which used public transportation. We rode the “suburb” train to the town of Dachau, then took the bus out to the camp. It was not my favorite thing we did in Munich, but I was so glad we went! My friend says that traveling is an education in itself! This was true of that day! The trip to the camp made the history lessons I had been taught, come alive! We “walked the path” of the prisoners brought into the camp. Dachau was a work camp, where prisoners worked in fields, laundries, and mines. They were literally worked to death, or starved to death. Most did not survive! It was haunting, and made an impression that I will never forget. We also walked where Hitler’s soldiers gathered and stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the plaza of Munich. I felt like I had been dropped into Hitler’s world! We wondered, as we saw tourists and residents scurrying about, what it would have looked like during Hitler’s time. Would residents have stayed indoors, only coming out to buy food, or go to school? It was not something Larry or I will ever forget!

After that, we needed a break! That night, we visited the Haufbrauhaus! It is one of the oldest beer halls in Munich, and Hitler held meetings of the Nazi Party there. Now, it is just a FUN place to visit! Some of the tables have wood tops that have names carved in that are over 100 years old. There is an ompah band, beautiful ceilings and one liter mugs of beer...oh and sausage and sauerkraut! We liked it so much, we had to go two nights! :)

The last morning, we visited the beautiful Residence Palace. It seemed each family of royalty had added another wing...it went on and on....very elaborate! Up in the top of the Town Hall, is the life-size glockenspiel! Each day at 11:00 and 12:00, the clock chimes, plays German songs, and the figures--including life-size horses--revolve in the clock! The architecture in Munich is amazing! I had heard that the city was beautiful, I completely agree!

As we visited the city chock-full of history, I was awed by the fact that as God led these precious people, He leads us One Step at a Time!