Dachau and Salzburg

First I would like to apolotize for any spelling mistakes.  The auto correct on the tablet is a bit sensitive, and now I am writing this from the computer in our guesthouse, and who knew that european keyboards put letters in different places!?

We left this morning from Heidelberg and drove about 3.5 hours to Dachau.  We have never encountered so much construction on highways ever.  But I guess when people are driving the speeds they are, the roads need to be good.  For anyone not familiar with Dachau, it was a concentration camp that was used from 1933-1945.  It really was a sobering experience to be there and see the grounds that hundreds of thousands of people called home.  It was a definite learning experience, and our learning about those events has just started.  We took a 2.5 hour guided tour and feel like it really could have been a full day.  We were taken the route that a new prisoner would have gone from check in, all the way through to cremation.  I actually felt ill when we were in the room where bodies just hung out in before being cremated.  I know this isn't the most glamourous thing to write about, but it is apart of history, I am glad we went to visit, and I look forward to learning more about this disaster.

Then we drove 1.5 hours to beautiful Salzburg, Austria.  This place is the real deal!  We are so happy to be back in the mountains again!  We are staying at a beautiful guesthouse, the Johanneschlobl.  When we rolled up we had a bit of problems figuring things out as no one was here at the desk, and then when we got through to them, they do not speak English!  But we got sorted out and it is beautiful and so are the grounds.  At the bottom of the hill we are on, is a beer hall!  How convenient!  We of course visited that, and now it is time for bed.  We have a big morning tomorrow... Sound of Music bike tour!  I am excited, but I am not so sure about Mike.  I guess that's what marriage is all about!  I think he will be as excited as I was at the beer hall.  We will see if we can stay here another night tomorrow, if not we will head more into the Bavarian Alps, they are awesome.

xoxox