Our day in Munich. 

Good and tuck : Good day 

This morning we toured Dachau (dock-ow). It was the first concentration camp and the training ground for the SS. The kids(and the rest of us) were pretty solemn upon leaving this establishment. It is hard to put into words, ones feelings about the atrocities committed there.  I won’t say anymore other than thank goodness we are Canadians.  

We enjoyed a lunch today in a square in Munich. Janet and Leah found McDonald’s, Jordyn found British fish and chips, and the rest of us found bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato salad and potatoes.  Beer may also have been found easier than water.  Following lunch, we did a city tour of Munich where we saw many interesting spots: Hitler’s Munich Office, Olympic Stadium which was used in the 1972 Olympics, and the BMW world headquarters and factory. After our city tour, we had some spare time where everyone found some shopping to do for such things as lederhosen, cuckoo clocks, Birkenstocks, steins and other cool German things. 😊

On our tour, we also found out that it is illegal to do housework that makes noise in Sunday’s. No vacuuming or washing clothes.  I may adopt that rule in our German descendant household 😉. 

Today, we said farewell  to the incredible bus driver, Reno, who has brought us from Rome to Munich through the Alps. His driving skills are nothing short of amazing, as he can maneuver this big 45 passenger bus and make it look easy. The narrow streets, the traffic jams, the crazy drivers, the incredible inclines in the Alps, or the jabber box guide from Munich were no match for our Reno, the Michaengelo of bus drivers!  We were in safe and capable hands of our awesome driver who lives in Verona. He was a real Italian gentleman all week to us. 😊

For supper we went to a restaurant which usually doesn’t cater to EF groups as the locals only go there. The owner came and spoke with us and served a wonderful roast pork and dumplings meal. Apple fritters were on hand for dessert. As I gave the owner one of our Canadian pins, he commented that he knew the group must be Canadians  as we were enjoyable to work with and we were so polite. Yay for being nice! 

Our Canadian pins that our MP supplied for us have been delivered to many Europeans by most of us. We would give them out when we were paying for things or someone had helped us in some way. We have out a lot this trip. 

Our little group is going out for one more sight seeing activity to the Haufbraushaus before our 6am wake up to start the trek home.