Photos: Budapest, Hungary (Night Shots) & Munich Airport

This is the last post for my trip to Europe (March 11th-21st 2011). We covered so much ground in so little time! Five countries in 10 days! And 10 days of pictures posted over almost 3 months! XD To see all of my pictures from my Europe trip from the beginning, (instead of in reverse!) look at the "Photos: Zurich, Switzerland" post from March and work your way back here! :D

Not very many night shots here, (that turned out anyway) so I combined this post with that of the munich airport.

The first night we went to a shopping mall, to do some much needed shopping. :D

CANDY! :D

This store had some really amazing blouses.

It's the Irish version of Marco Polo? 

The last night of our trip we went to a Hungarian restaurant with traditional, live entertainment! Very exciting!

Normally, I would try to NOT set my food on fire.

 You can see from the change of scenery that this is the next day at the Munich airport. I didn't take any shots at the airport in Budapest because personally I think that 4 in the morning is TOO EARLY.

What I want to know is why this kid has 3, half-finished bottles of coke
 and is not being carted away for potential acts of terrorism....

Why could we not have had this beautiful weather when we were in
 Munich a few days previous!? DX

Well, that's all folks. I hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures as much as I did.  :D Each country was unique, each city different and exciting! It was unfortunate that this trip was plagued with bad weather. I hope to revisit these countries in better weather. I loved all the countries I visited on this trip and wish that I could have stayed in them for much longer. But all good things must come to an end.

And on that somber note I have to say: this will be my last trip with Mr. Cluff and Loretto Abbey. I greatly enjoyed all the trips I did with my school and was so pleased they let me come even after I graduated. I want to say a very special thank you to Mr. Cluff for the amazing opportunity he offered us  all (and continues to offer) to travel to exciting places! I enjoyed the three trips I was fortunate enough to go on (Egypt, China and Europe), and will miss the fun and exciting travel experiences as I enter university. I think by the time I graduate, Mr. Cluff will have retired from his teaching position, which is a shame, but such is life.

These trips have only made me want to travel more and experience more of the world! I look forward to traveling on my own and seeing the rest of the world! So thanks for an awesome time! :D

My next destination: London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland! (June 15th - 29th 2011) Look forward to it!

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Photos: Munich, Germany (Night Shots)

Only got 2 pictures on the first night in Munich that were halfway decent. :/ I was using my stealth camera, rather than my Nikon D60 because of the shady location of our hotel. I was worried if I walked around with an expensive camera around my neck I would increase my chances of getting mugged.

The second night, although our hotel was in Dachau, we bussed back into Munich to eat dinner at the famous Hofbrauhaus. It is a beer hall that is three stories high, and where they only believe in serving litre beers.

There was live entertainment!

My first beer! :D

The food wasn't actually all that amazing for such a famous place, I was
 actually a bit disappointed. 

More strudel.

This is the 3rd floor. This place is huge!!!

Here are some pictures of the hotel lobby in our new hotel. Apparently the Canadian Rowing Team stayed here during the Olympics many years ago... It is called the Safari Hotel. And there were taxidermied animals all over the lobby. A bit creepy actually...

Even the coke machine was leopard
 print to match! XD

Next stop: Salzburg, Austria!

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Photos: Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany

My pictures of Dachau Concentration camp. Sombre weather for a place of great tragedy.

What's left of the rail station used to bring prisoners to the camp.

A guard tower.

Where the prisoners would line up every day.

A chart showing what the different colours used
 to identify the prisoners were.

The original barracks were destroyed shortly after the war, right down to
the foundations. Two were rebuilt for the purpose of the museum to show
 what they looked like.  

The entrance to the gas chamber. 

The gas chamber.

Where they burned the bodies before disposing of the ashes in the creek. 

Pope John Paul II gave a sermon from this structure.

A memorial.

Inside the rebuilt barracks.

Next stop: Munich night shots, including the Hofbrauhaus!

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