Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Memorials and beer garden mishaps(Becky)

We went out to see the Dauchau Concentration Camp memorial in the suburbs of Munich. It’s hard to describe how sad and overwhelming it is unless you've seen it, so I'm not going to go into much detail. Perhaps the most striking thing about it was that the memorial was in a bright residential neighborhood, with kids playing loudly just outside the entrance. It which was a strange juxtaposition with all the tragic events that had taken place so nearby.

In the evening, we did laundry and then headed out late in the evening to find a recommended beer garden. It was in a cool location in a large park, with tons of tables and people sitting nearby in the grass. However, we then realized that we were out of cash, and it was very unclear if we could use credit cards. We asked for directions to an ATM and were sent to a square 15 minutes away that we somehow didn’t make it to in a massive miscommunication. So we went back to the garden and tried to use our card anyway, but they told us we had to sit at a table and get service. So we sat at a table just as the stands started closing down for the night, and we didn’t have a tablecloth (which we learned later that you need in order to be served), so we didn’t get any beer. Eventually we got unbearably frustrated and confused, so we just headed back to the campground..

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