Tuesday, March 01, 2005

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Vienna.
1248, 1249. Outside the gates of the Schonbrunn Palace.
1250-1264. St. Stephan's Cathedral
1266. Some neat statue on the top of a building I thought was cool
1274. My travelmate Corinne and I at the "Sounds of Vienna" concert
1278. The outside of the concert venue

Prague.
1280-1285. Old Town Sqaure at night
1290-1311. Prague Palace
At each entry point were a pair of guards who stood completely still. Our timing was just right and we were able to see the shift change of guards. 1307 is Franz Kafka's apartment. 1303, 1311 are overlooking the city from the castle.

1312-1321. Charles Bridge. The view from here on both sides is amazing. Every few feet were statues in honor of various religious figures, but they hadn't been taken care of very well and looked sooty and black.
1323. The famous clocktower. Corinne and I were having desert at 9 pm at night in an outside cafe when the clock started chiming. We were too far away to book it over there, but a crowd gathered and we assume something popped out.

1330-1337. The hallways and bedroom of our freaky hostel. In 1337 I am standing in the shelving (which a boogeyman could also have done...) 1330 is the shelving in our room, in which I felt like I was living in a house of tubberware storage containers there were so many organizers. 1331 is the beautiful view you have when getting off the elevator. We never saw anyone in the halls, which was a good thing since the shelves take up so much room people barely fit.

Munich
1340. Leigh, Regan, Sarah, Kelly, Corinne and me enjoying Happy Hour at the Wombar (in our hostel)
1343. 1370 Munich at night
1344, 1345. Random musician on the street started singing to us about America. He told Elaina she looked like Monica Lewinsky. Jimmy and Tom embraced and got a lighter while he sang.
1348. Geoffrey dancing to Oldies music at the Atomic Cafe as we all brace ourselves for who he'll accost next.
1351-1353. View of the city from the top of the clocktower. I passed around my pen and we all took turns writing our names on the wall.

1357-1366. Dachau. 1358 is an example of the reconstructed barracks. All original barracks were torn down because the survivors wanted to ensure no one ever lived there again. 1362 is the crematorium. 1363 is the outside of the building where people were brought, derobed, "showered" and cremated. 1366 is the entrance to Dachau, with the slogan "work will set you free."

1368. Hofsburhaus Beer Hall. We went to Auginstiner's because we heard it was less touristy and the place where locals hang out but I got the impression they hated us. We went to Hofsburhaus the next day for t-shirts and it had such a fun atmosphere. A live "band" played as couples waltzed around.

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