Germany - Munich

Flew from Dublin to Munich and reached at 7.30pm. Kaixin waited for me at the arrival hall and we ate pork knuckles for dinner at the airport. It was a drizzling first night in Munich, with rather deserted streets as shops mostly closed at 8pm.

Day 2 - Rainy day again. First stop of the day was Deutsches Museum, supposedly world's largest museum of science and technology. The airplane and ship galleries are indeed overwhelming but most of the other galleries are too complicated for any non-engineering students to understand. Joined Sandeman for city tour in the afternoon, which lasted for 3 hours.

Signed up for the Beer Challenge at night and it turned out to be the worst blunder ever. We were expecting an experienced tour guide to teach us Bavarian beer culture but it turned out to be just a pub crawl. Some girl who can hardly speak English brought us to a few bars which we sat down to order and drink beer, what?! What a waste of time (to Germans, walking around to drink is pure enjoyment)

Day 3 - Fussen, Germany

Day 4 - Salzburg, Austria

Day 5 - Woke up tired but excited about our trip to Dachau Concentration Camp. To be honest, before the exchange, I wasn't particularly interested in historical sites but my interest grew tremendously after seeing more and more stuff in Europe.

Reached the camp at 10:30am and paid 3 euros per person for the 2.5 hours guided tour. It was no question the most well-spent 3 euros since I came Europe. The entire tour was more than amazing to say the least. The sufferings and tortures faced by the prisoners back then simply make u cringe, and make you appreciate peace and being born this era so much more. We have been so privileged to live in the 21st century.

In the evening, we visited BMW Welt and took a brief glimpse of the Olympic Park, before heading back to city center for the long-awaited famous Pork Knuckle.

It was a slight disappointment that we didn't get to visit Munich during Oktoberfest (mainly due to our limited budget). I was glad that I still made my way to Munich as it has so much to offer, and a lot of fantastic day-trip opportunities to nearby cities.

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