Hallo from Munchen

It's 8:30am Munich time and our "roommate's" phone rings. We both figured she'd answer it and walk outside to talk, we were clearly mistaken for she proceeded to shout in God only knows what language into her phone, for what seemed like an eternity. Welcome to Day 2 of our Eurotrip.
The hostel itself wasn't bad, a little hot, but overall clean. We decided to just get up after our wake up call of sorts and start our day.
After Starbucks bagels and a Red Bull for Kathryn, we hopped onto a train headed for Dachau for a tour of the concentration camp. When we first walked in, it was a little overwhelming because we walked through the gate the prisoners did "albeit macht frei-work sets you free". It was way bigger than we expected, and seeing where these people lived, worked and died was an incredible experience. Seeing the gas chamber and crematorium was haunting and something we will never forget.
We made our way back into the city to check out Marienplatz- sort of the central square of Munich, where alot of old buildings and churches are. We saw a puppet show... overrated. We did hike to the top of the Frauenkirche church, and got to see all of Munich which was amazing. THEN we went to the Hofbrauhaus, one of the most famous beer gardens here. We each ordered a beer and it was exactly like you would picture- a woman in a skirt and apron, carrying out 2 liters worth of beer in one hand. The place has existed for yearsss, and our guidebook said that some of the ceiling decorations were repainted swastikas after the nazi era came to pass.
We were innocently sitting, drinking our 1 liter beers, talking American politics, when a gentleman dressed in authentic German garb scooted past us and took a seat at the head of our table. Clearly a regular who spoke no English, we didn't realize that this was "his table" and got the check. He's one of the guys who has his own stein in a locker at the Hofbrauhaus itself.
Tomorrow we're off to Berlin at 7:22am, we loved Munich, but are ready to see what the rest of Germany has to offer. Let's just hope that our roommate checked out....... aufwiedersen. Kathryn and Silvana