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Amazing Race in
Tokyo, Japan
Underground
River Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
Island Hopping, Puerto Princesa, Palawan,
Philippines
Manila, Philippines
Munich, Germany
Salzburg, Austria
Last day of my "around the world" trip and
Amit and I went to three (3) tourist spots around Munich. First was a
large Mercedes Benz dealership which was a 20 minute walk away from our
hotel which was also on the same road of our hotel. The dealership did
not know that they were listed in the Munich tourist guide as one of the
city attractions until I actually showed them the guide. Nonetheless,
they were very accommodating and allowed us to tour their facility and took
photos.
The only place we were not allowed entry was
the display area for Maybach. It was obvious that appointment was
necessary to visit the Maybach area since the price tag (black car with
pristine white leather interior) was at EUR494,000.00 (about US$675,000.00)
inclusive of taxes.
Since we will be taking a lot of S-Bahn
subway system, Amit and I bought a 1 day unlimited partner pass for EUR9.40.
The 1 day partner pass was good for both Amit and myself. After
experiencing the extraordinary
train system in Tokyo, Japan,
Munich's train system was a no-brainer. At any rate, we went to
the BMW Museum.
Amit wanted to go the the
BMW
factory tour but reservations had to be made at least 30 days in advance
as the booking tour easily got filled up. The BMW museum, dealership,
and the factory plant were just in one belt area at the Olympiazentrum train
staton via U3 S-Bahn. The
Munich
Olympic Stadium was also in the area but it was drizzling so Amit and I
skipped the sport area.
After dazzling our eyes with so many fancy
Mercedes and BMW cars, we went to
Dachau Concentration Camp. Going there was easy since we had the
unlimited pass, we went back to Central station then took the S2 Bahn and
got off at Dachau station. From the station, bus #726 was at the train
station and part of its route was the Dachau camp.
The camp reminded me and enlightened Amit of
the atrocities of the Nazi regime. In
one of the posters in
the concentration camp, "The Nazi regime wanted to create a politically,
ideologically and socially conform, "racially pure" and strict hierarchical
"national community." I will never comprehend why would someone just
think of such ideology for the heck of it.
The camp was packed with political prisoners
and their sleeping quarters were cramped with small bunks. It
used to be a major transfer "hub" for various prisoners where they were
separated from their families and transferred to other concentration camps.
There were times when the camp exceeded the number of prisoners and there
were many deaths due to lack of food and illness. There was also a
gas chamber built in
the area where it was disguised as shower and 150 prisoners at a time were
suffocated to death. The the dead bodies were cremated in the several
crematoriums that were built in the area.
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