What did I do this past weekend?! Oh, you know just flew over to Germany to see my parents!!!
Lisa and I left after classes on Thursday and flew to Munich. My parents meet us at the airport and thankfully we had no problem finding them. I saw mom's head bobbing up and down as she tried to find me in the long line of people trying to get through border control. She was just a little excited to see me! :)
Once we got through border control we headed to the car rental place and we were off to Garmish! Southern Germany is gorgeous with it's beautiful mountains and quaint little towns. For dinner we headed to Pizza hut.... yeah, we flew to Germany to have dinner at Pizza Hut. I must admit that it was delicious though!
Friday morning we were off to Oberammergau for the Passion Play. This play has been put on every 10 years since 1633. Have you ever sat through a 6 hour play? Have you ever sat through a 6 hour play that is all in GERMAN!!!!???? It was interesting to say the least. It was definitely an amazing experience and I so glad I had the opportunity to go. Thankfully I know the story line, which is Christ's life so it was a little easier to follow along than I expected.
Saturday we got up and headed to the castles! The first thing we saw was King Ludwig's Linderhof Palace. I've never seen so much gold in my life. Ludwig also had an artificial cave with a lake. The lake can be heated and has a wave machine. He would sit in his little gondola on his little lake in his little cave and listen to a live performance of Wagner's music. Craziness! This was made in the early 1800's!!!
Since we were so close, we had to go see the Neuschwanstein Castle. This is the castle that Walt Disney based Cinderella's Castle after. It is also one of my mom's favorite places in the world. We got to go up onto Mary's Bridge that overlooks the castle. That thing is scary because every step you took, the planks moved/shook. Of course Mom would go across since it was was to scary.
After we toured the Castle we raced back to Munich in order to try and see Dachau Concentration Camp before it closed. We got there in time to see the grounds but the museum and such were already closed. Mom went there last week and took the full tour so she was able to show us around and explain some of the things that we were seeing. The affects of Hitler and the Holocaust definitely became more real for me. Since it was near closing time there were very few people there so it was kinda eerie. I still have mixed emotions about visiting Dachau. I felt as though I needed to go and see it but being there was a hard experience.
Here are some pictures of the trip.
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