Revision week 2014

So I didn't really want to post this blog because I have gotten bored of all this blogging, I knew the time would come. I am going to power through though since I only have a few weeks left here in Dublin. Well I am at the airport waiting for our flight home from our revision week extravaganza so I will write about that! We were able to hit up 3 countries in a little under a week! 

Munich

Our first stop on our trip was Munich. Springfest was starting on Friday so we thought it would be fun to be there for that. Munich was really great and so pretty! It reminded me of the Germany that is in Epcot because it was just so cute looking. When we got there we went to a cute market where of course I got a real German bratwaurst and it was delish!  Later we went to the English gardens which were super weird because there were old naked men laying and walking around! Who know that was even legal, it was very strange. We walked past a few more of the sights to see in Munich but overall this trip was a lot more relaxing than the others that I have been on. I think it is because we were all tired of seeing all the museums and such and Munich also did have less famous must sees. Anyway while in Munich we were able to get a lot of traditional food and beer. Our friend Anika who is from Germany was also able to come with us which was helpful to have a translator while she was around! Springfest was just like a giant carnival with huge beer tents. The Germans were also dressed on their traditional outfits which was fun to see! 

While in muncih we were also able to see a concentration camp. Dachu was a little outside the city and was the first concentration camp formed. It was really eye opening and sad to see this in person and hear about all the horrible things that happened there. It hardly even seems real. I learned a lot from being there and even though it was really disturbing I am still glad I was able to see such a big part of history. 

Salzburg

Another city that we were able to see was Salzburg in Austria! Me and Erica decided to take a day trip there because we thought it would be worth it to go since we were in the area. Salzburg is where the sound of music was filmed an it is really small and adorable. You could see the mountians surrounding the city and all of the buildings were really old but still well kept. We went up to a fortress which had a gret view of the city and on the other side a great view of some country and the most amazing mountians. I think this was definitly one of the most beautiful things I have seen. It just was so picture perfect. Anyway we did a tour of Salzburg and were able to walk around and see some things before heading  back to Munich. 

Prague

On Sunday we departed for Prague and embarked on a 6 hour train ride. Getting to the apartment that we rented was  a bit of a hassle because the lady gave us the wrong phone number. Thinking there was something wrong with the phone we wwere using we attempted to use a pay phone. We obviously looked like big idiots with 10 of us surrounding a pay phone trying to figure out how to use it. Luckily we were eventually able to meet up with the lady and get into our really cute apartment. We went to a traditional Czech place that they suggested and it was great! We also went on a walking tour which covered a lot of the main points. The Prague castle was also dry awesome and huge so we looked around that for a little. Throughout our stay we saw a few more sights like the John Lennon peace wall and the Charles bridge. We also went on a pub crawl and did a lot of eating and enjoying the cheap food. Prague was another city that was really cute. It was so different from all the other cities I have seen so it was a nice place to have my last trip. It was also interesting since the Czech rebulic has a really unique history compared to other countries so it was cool to see how that impacted the city. Like I said we were pretty tired of muesuem after museum so we didn't really hit up any of those in Prague.

This trip was nice because it was a lot more relaxing than some it the other trips where we were running around like maniacs. I think Eastern Europe is so beautiful and this may have been one of my favorite trips so far!