Aug 28
I woke up early, around 7, and couldn't really sleep anymore. We had a class on a big arc sculpture. It was about 95 degrees but I was in a really comfortable position so it was okay. I ate lunch at a bratwurst stand, which wasn't all that good. I'm looking forward to some better bratwurst later. We had a lot of time to do whatever so we hung out on a bridge and watched people. We waited for the bus to bring us to Nuremberg. It was a three hour bus ride. Right before we got on the bus Kay tripped on one of the stairs and was really in pain. When we got to Nuremberg she went to the hospital and had broken one of the bones in her foot. She has to have surgery on Monday and then a couple weeks or rest. She's a tough girl, she wouldn't let me carry her up to the youth hostel. She couldn't walk on her foot so someone else eventually convinced her to let them carry her up the hill.
We ate dinner at the JHB (youth hostel). It was kinda like cafeteria food and not that great, but it was good enough to eat I guess. We went out to explore the city a bit (Jesse, Jake, Spencer, Me, Eric). It has some really cool old buildings. I'll have to upload some pictures later. We got some ice cream at a stand, and walked around the city until it was almost dark. Right before it got completely dark we went to the highest part of the city, which it right next to the JHB. We looked out over the city and tried to take a few pictures before the sun set. We came back later while it was dark, looking for stars, but there were fireworks instead, and a crowd of people. We played with our cameras and tied to take some night shots.
The JHB where we are staying was the main headquarters of the Hitler Youth during WWII. It was also a prison and it's built like one. On one side there is a 70 foot wall that we are on top of.

Aug 29
We had to get up around 730 to get breakfast and get on the train by 908. It was the most crowded train I have ever been on. We were all standing and crammed into the last car with two babies and a handicapped girl. It was an hour and a half standing in a hot train with no windows that oppened. The doors opened at the stop and without the breeze that came in then it would have been unbearable. Our next train was completely empty and we got to sit and put our feet up.
We got to Dachau around 1130 and visited until around 100. It is a really huge place. It was a really depressing way to start the day. Dachau wasn't a death camp like Auscwitz, but 32,000 people still died there during the 11 or so years it was in operation. The camp was more fore anybody who opposed the Nazis rather than Jews.
After Dachau we went on to Munich for the rest of the day. In our big group we walked a long ways through the main part of the city. It was really crowded and we walked all the way to the Hofbrauhaus from the main train station.
The Hofbrauhaus wasn't all that interesting, but we ate at the restaurant right next door. It was much quieter and nicer. It was a little expensive but we ordered some authentic German food. I had duck and pork knuckle with some potatoes that where made into a gelatin ball. It was a really nice place to take a break after all the walking we did. Our group for today was me Jesse, Jake, Spencer, and Tyler. We looked around in some shops and in the big church, but there wasn't much more that we wanted to do. There was a soccer game but I don't think we would have been able to find tickets. I'm writing now on the train back to Nuremburg. I'm looking forward to doing a little resting when I get back to the JHB.
The train ride back was really long and we almost missed one of our connecting trains. When we got back into town we were heading back towards our hotel and we ran into some street hip-hop dancers. It was a competition and we watched for about an hour and a half.