We spent our very last trip and weekend abroad in Munich, Germany at Springfest! As soon as we woke up Friday morning we went on a walking tour of the city that just so happened to have two huge kegs following us. No where else in the world except the beer drinking capital would this be acceptable. We didn't get a single judging glare the entire time which, was awesome. Our guide was hysterical and had us doing all different kinds of embarrassing things. I even got down and did 10 pushups in front of everyone. In my opinion the coolest part was seeing the steps that Hitler used to stand on to give his speeches to the tons of people crowding around listening. Our tour ended at the largest beerhouse in the city. We all agreed that it was by far the best tour we had been on all semester. After the tour was over we headed straight to get our little German dresses for the beerfest. It took a decent amount of time to find the perfect ones. Not gonna lie, they were pretty expensive but so worth the time and money. It wasn't long before we realized that they really gave the experience the full effect. We put them on right away and headed straight for the tents. We weren't wasting any time. After a little while we even ran into Ashley at one point! We were so happy that we got to hangout with her for a while. Me and Jaclyn ended up leaving a little bit earlier than everyone else because we wanted to make time to go on all of the rides. We were legit running around holding hands like little girls. We had sooo much fun!!!! My favorite ride was the swings that were up really high and gave you an amazing view over the entire carnival which, was all lit up.

The next morning we got ready quick and headed straight back to the tents. We actually ended up being the first ones in line. The enormous tent was completely empty when we walked in so we were the first ones to choose whatever table we wanted. We claimed the perfect spot right in the center. We spent the next 12 hours or so hanging out in there. The beers were the best that I had ever had before. They were extremely light and tasted amazing. The steins were so big that I had to hold them with two hands. Each one cost 10 Euros so they really added up. Every once and a while this song would come on in German and after a few times we all eventually caught onto the words. We were singing: "Cheers to a good time!" At the end everyone would raise their big mugs and clink them together. To entertain ourselves all of my friends and I would play the game zoomie zoomie which, I loved. Of course I made time at some point during the day to make it back onto the swings!

 

 

On our last day we took a train to go to the Dachau Concentration Camp. It ended up being a pretty emotional day. It was by far one of the most moving things I had seen over the entire four month span. Each of us was quiet for the most part and just kept to ourselves as we walked around and saw the horrific sights. We got to see everything from the open area where they had role call every day, twice a day to the prisoners' sleeping quarters to the gas chambers. It was crazy to picture these things actually happening on the very land that I was walking on. I am glad that I got the chance to go because it definitely changed my perspective on a lot of things.

Germany/Springfest definitely made it into my top three trips! It was the perfect ending in my opinion. Overall I liked the city a lot more than I expected to.