Munich via Mauthausen

On our way to Munich we stopped off at Mauthausen concentration camp for a sombre afternoon. It incorporates a museum and memorials and allows you to see all the key areas of the camp first hand, from Nazi offices to the gas - or 'shower' -rooms and the furnaces used to burn the bodies of the murdered. It was an incredibly moving experience, particularly when we walked down a long flight of steps into a beautiful grassy valley only to learn that prisoners were once forced to carry rocks up and down these steps, often falling to their deaths after losing their footing.

In the evening there was a definite change of mood (and weather: it started raining torrentially) as we arrived in Munich and headed straight for sausages, pretzels and beer at the famous Hofbrauhaus beer hall.

Obligatory beer shot

Obligatory pretzel shot

written by

lucy3119 on August 16, 2008 from Munich, Germany

from the travel blog: Eurotrip 2008

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