Wow, we've been in Europe for only 3 days but it doesn't feel like it. The time has been flying by, from the moment we landed until now. When we got to Munich the weather was extremely warm out, around 25 which was much better than Calgary's -5. in Munich we got to do a walk around where we learned about some history of the town. Including the fact that there is a church there which is by law the tallest building in the city. I also noticed that instead of being one big city its a large group of smaller little suburbs connected by roads. However being in any area it didn't feel like they were small areas.
Yesterday we went to Dachau which was a very interesting experience, there were many people killed there and their bodies cremated. For those who don't know Dachau is the first concentration camp in Germany. It was larger than you might expect, around 2 kilometers across from one end to the other. We just went to the main part where the prisoners were kept. While there we learned that there were many more people sent to the concentration camps than just the Jews, and for each different group there was a way of identifying them. From a star to a star on a star with a line and a dot beneath for those matching every category in one section. After we went to the Württemberg museum where we learned about propaganda and how some view the Württemberg family as hero's and others believe that if the war was going differently then they wouldn't have done what they did. We then drove to Strasbourg
Today we spent most of the day driving to Verdun. Along the way there were many toll booths and a nuclear powerplant. We learned that Verdun is the Vimy Ridge of France, what i mean by this is that Verdun built French nationalism just like Vimy Ridge built Canada's. When we got here we got a tour of the underground citadel which was an amazing structure, however my groups tour car broke down and we were left to wait on it for around 5 min. We we scared and laughing for some reason... I'd have to say that for me its been the highlight of the trip! Tomorrow we are going to explore Verdun a bit more than go to Somme, and the day after Arras and Vimy which should be an amazing experience!
On another note the cities here are amazing and I highly recommend coming to Europe just to tour the cities! I'd also like to say that we are having a great time here in Europe!
- Jon-Jacob
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