Sunday was our last full day in Munich. There is so much to see here, and not enough time. With that in mind, the four of us decided to visit two places that are must sees in Munich. The first was the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial and the second was the Nymphenburg Palace.

For as many times that I visited Munich, I’d never gone to Dachau. It’s a place all who come to Munich should see. So many terrible things happened during World War II, and the memorial park helps keep the ugly past alive in hopes that what happened there will never happen again.

I didn’t make may photographs in Dachau. I did however read most of the historical displays and walked quietly through the grounds. Even though I know of many of the atrocities that occurred at Dachau, wandering around the grounds and reading about the past was still hard to grasp.

After leaving Dachau, we rode a streetcar followed by a few busses to get to Nymphenburg Palace. The palace and its grounds were a direct contrast to Dachau. The palace itself is huge and ornate, while the grounds were lush and beautiful. We sat in the gardens for a while, amongst statues of various gods, and then found a new (at least to us) beer garden.

Our next phase of our journey starts with a quick flight to Prague. We’ll stay there two days and then begin our week-long bike ride to Dresden.