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Just outside of Munich is the first Nazi concentration camp, Dachau. It’s part of a small town of the same name. There isn’t much left of the original camp, but it is now a memorial site. Two of the barracks have been reconstructed and the “crematorium” is still there. That’s about it. Visitors still enter [...]

Not too far from München lie the summer home and hunting grounds for the old Bavarian royalty. Basically it’s two castles pretty near each other: the one Ludwig grew up in and the one he nearly finished building. The one he nearly finished building is the more famous of the two. Why? Because it’s the [...]

Just spent the weekend in Prague, because “you have to go!” People seem to love the place, and I had countless recommendations to go. So I went! Now I say: you have to go. The train ride from Munich is a little over 6 hours, including quite a few stops. It was a regional train, [...]