This morning we got up and went to the Marienplatz to meet Tony, our tour guide, for Mike’s Bikes Tours. We met up with a group from Rochester, MN! They were on their last day in Germany.

We went on Mike’s tour and learned so much about the city of München. It was founded by monks and has quite a rich history. We got to see things like the Marienplatz, Odeonsplatz, the Friedensengel, the Residenz, the Ducker’s alley, the Theatinerkirche, and many other things.  If you would like to get to a linked list of everything that we saw, check it out here: Mike’s Bikes Tour Highlights.

After our trip with Mike’s Bikes… and plenty of laughter and smiles… the pendulum swung to the other end of the emotional spectrum as we went to Dachau. It was a sobering experience and everyone walked away with some pretty deep reflections. We spent some time reflecting on the bus and really had a great discussion.

Once back to the youth hostel, we had a delicious supper. It was truly German: Schnitzel and Spätzle!

After supper a larger group of us went on an U-Bahn adventure! We bought group tickets for the U-Bahn and went on our way. We went first to the University in München where we could see the Hans and Sophie Scholl Platz. There are even still copies of the brochures printed into the ground outside the university to show where Hans Scholl threw all of the pamphlets out.

Our next stop on the U-Bahn was Frötting… the stop of the World Cup stadium in München, Allianz Arena. We took a couple pictures and then turned around and went back to see the Marienplatz at night and eat a bit (more) Eis.

The kids that came along all figured out how to use and read the U-Bahn information. They could bring you along next time and bring you anywhere you want to go by using the public transportation that is so prevalent and awesome here in Germany!

§ A quick note: Many of the students cell phones are having touch-and-go service… so if you are not hearing from them as often as hoped, it is probably due to the service.