Month: May 2019

The lack of apparent border control along the roads between Germany and the Czech Republic was unexpected, especially when America has only ever gotten tighter with its own. I'm still not sure if it's because they have more trust in one-another, it not being in their budget to do so from all sides, not having [...]

After a 5 hour drive we arrived in Prague and got to our hotel. We then went to a hotel for dinner. To our surprise though the hotel had a bunker under it.

Today was mostly a travel day. I enjoyed seeing the German and Czech country side by bus. It reminded me of road trips back home but different. Seeing the subtle differences between America and European roads was fascinating to me. I was amazed by how smooth the roads were. Once we arrived in Prague we [...]

Day 4 - Prague We left Munich this morning and headed to Prague via bus. The bus ride was a lot more comfortable than the coach, which was a relief. Once we got there, we unpacked at our hostel and headed to our tour of a communist nuclear bunker - it was so interesting! Actually [...]

Day 3 - Munich Today was the tour of the Dachau concentration camp, and going through it was a little more real than I expected it to be. Having gone through school and reading or watching documentaries about the Holocaust, I thought I would be a little more prepared to see a place where these [...]

Day 3 we went to a concentration camp and took a tour. It was a very somber experience and was a bit surreal to be there. -        Sean Taylor

Before leaving for Dachau, a few of us went to the local grocery store right by the interstate. On the way there, we noticed a giant Mercedes Benz dealership in a building with cars on 5 floors. The inside of the grocery store was very much like a Kroger based on its  arrangement. The main [...]

Day 3 Today I had a profound experience visiting Dachau Concentration which was the first camp made by the Germans During WW II. The camp tour made me have all kinds of emotions on how this kind terrible act could happen to human civilization.

Today was an interesting day. Seeing the concentration camps was very sobering. It was amazing to finally see a place that caused such sadness. Definitely an important stop on the trip.

Dachau, a wonderful little German town in the middle of nowhere with an extremely dark past that history cannot ignore. Dachau, the first World War II concentration camp in Germany and the standard for the other camps that followed. Our tour today took us to this dark place, a stark reminder of one man’s rise [...]