FUN-travel: Munich to Füssen via Dachau, Germany

September 27, 2013 by  

Day 7 – Sunday, September 22 – Munich to Füssen via Dachau, Germany – sunny w/high wispy clouds – high 60’s

What I LIKE

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Dachau Train Tracks

  • 7:00 – wake up
  • usual routine
  • ready to go before planned (I get 10 travel bonus pts!) they’re like gold stars from Mr. “I’m always ready to go way ahead of schedule”
  • 9:00 – walk to train station to get car – leave bags at hotel
  • having a car allows freedom to come & go as you please
  • *only takes one u-turn to figure out directions
  • 10:20 – car loaded and ready for drive to Dachau
  • GARMIN WORKS!
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Front Gate Translation “Work Will Set You Free”

  • 11:00 – arrive Dachau
  • free & includes audio guide
  • 11:30 – 20 min film in museum
  • get to enter all areas – see barracks, gas chamber, crematorium, religious memorialsDachau, Germany 2013 16
  • 1:00 – drive to Füssen
  • 3:00 – arrive Hotel Schlosskrone
  • tell little white lie to front desk – “we’re on our honeymoon” – Chris says “every day is our honeymoon”
  • get room upgrade! has couch – separate toilet room – separate shower & tub – remodeled in 2011
  • front desk very hospitable & helpful – take care of tickets for castle tours tomorrow
  • take off for walk in small, pedestrian only area town square
  • 4:00 – Ludwig Hotel Café for snack of mixed salad – egg, tuna, cucumber, bell peppers, onion – 2 pint beers – $16.70 Euro
  • 4:30 continue walk around town square
  • 5:00 – room R&R – nice little nap
  • 7:30 – dinner downstairs @ Chili’s – hotel Italian restaurant – 2 free glasses of house wine – quite good Italian – order pizza w/salami, red & green chilis & buffalo mozzarella w/tomatoes salad – pretty good & 2 more glasses of wine – 36 Euro
  • 8:45 – we’re done & ready for bed!

What I DON’T LIKE

  • *get turned around coming out of garage – only have map – GPS w/bags @ hotel
  • hard to comprehend the torture that went on at Dachau & all concentration camps
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Sculpture Made By Prisoner Picked From International Competition

Not so FF (FUN-fact) – Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany in March, 1933.  In the twelve years of its existence over 200,000 persons from all over Europe were imprisoned here and in the numerous subsidiary camps. 41,500 were murdered. On April 29, 1945, American troops liberated the survivors.

WATCH – (What Are The Chances) – Brian who let us sit @ his Oktoberfest table had a grandfather that was imprisoned @ Dachau. He was Polish (not Jewish) and was an engineer who made airplane parts. His status kept him alive and treated better than most.

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Where Barrack 3 Once Stood

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