Gracie in Europe - A Series: Germany

 Germany day 1: what was supposed to be an 8 hour drive turned into a 13 hour drive, not really sure how that happened. We stopped for a break in Ville de Colmar, France- even though we were only there for about an hour and a half it might’ve been my favorite France experience 💀 such a cute little town, reminded me of beauty and the beast. It was also home to the guy who designed the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. We’re finally in Rothenburg! When we got here our hotel served us a very yummy/fancy dinner and then we went for a little walk before bed time. 

Germany day 2: I’m surprised (but happy) to report that Germany has had the best foreign food so far. Our hotel makes the BEST breakfast AND dinner. and one of their specialties is banana milk, which I loved. Another specialty is “spaghetti eis” - it’s just icecream in the shape of spaghetti but it’s gas (that means really good for you older people.) Fun fact, in every country we’ve gone to, me and my friends have gotten gelato. today we ended up eating it four times. Another fun fact is that half of the buildings here are dedicated to Christmas??? It was pretty cool and pretty strange. The last building was where we performed outside, and then the cathedral is where we performed inside later in the day- that same cathedral is where the bean bags you see me on were, that was also strange. That church did not feel like a church at all. But our performance was really good. We had free time for the entire day today besides our performances, so we just walked around the cute little town and it’s iconic town wall, and I took a nap at some point.

We actually leave for Austria tomorrow, but we’re stopping at Dachau (concentration camp) on the way so we’ve still got a little Germany left. Before we left on this trip, half of one of our days of “europe camp” was dedicated to preparing us for what we’ll see at dachau, so I think it’ll be interesting.

Editado como “Germany day 3: we left bright and early for Dachau, I’m not really sure how to put into words what I saw there. It didn’t feel right to take pictures so I only snapped a few of the entrance the original foundations of the barracks. There was a section of original buildings preserved as they were that you could wander: the disinfecting chamber, the gas chambers, multiple death chambers to store the bodies, and finally the cremation rooms for disposing of them. It was the kind of thing that makes your stomach hurt and your eyes water. You can’t look but you also can’t look away, you know it’s important that you see it. The rest of the memorial besides the barracks was an original workshop-turned-museum. That was very informative, but I almost feel like I learned more from just walking through the crematory and observing.