Vienna!

While we were in Finland, we met people from all over Europe.  We met one girl that lives outside of Vienna, we call her Daisy.  So Easter Weekend we spent two days in here home town outside of Vienna and two two days in Vienna and we enjoyed it so much!  Her family owns a farm and we had so much fun touring her town and spending time with her family.   They fed us very very well!  It was so great to get real Austrian food!  We also went to a nearby ruin of a castle.  Later that day, we had fun walking Daisy's neighbor's dogs.

We then went to Vienna.  Vienna is such a beautiful city and it was a beautiful day to visit Vienna!

Zugspitze: The Highest Mountain in Germany

Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany at 2,962 meters above sea level. The train ride was only 1 1/2 hours long.  We went to the mountain, but we did not go to the peak because it cost 45 euros to take a train to the top.  So, us being students enjoyed the view from below.  It is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever scene!  I have also never seen water so blue and clear!

Schloss Neusweinstein and Dachau Memorial Concentration Camp

With the International Club we also visited the Schloss Neuswanstein.  This castle belonged to Ludwig II of Bavaria. This is the castle that the Walt Disney Cinderella Castle was modeled after. It was beautiful scenery because the castle is next to a waterfall and the Alps.  It was cloudy the day we went, but we still really enjoyed sights.

Me and Cayle also visited the memorial concentration camp, Dachau.  Dachau was the first concentration camp.  Dachau was the model for all the other concentration camps during the second World War. Dachau was not intended for Jewish people initially, it was intended for German people that went against the Nazis rule.  It was really eye opening to visit a real concentration camp and it really humbled me. 


These are pictures from the concentration camp:

This means "Work sets your free" in German

This is the Catholic Memorial in Dachau Memorial Concentration Camp

This is the gas chamber.  It was recorded that this gas chamber was never used, but no one can be completely sure that this was true.

This is the crematory