A very sunburnt and soon-to-be-drunk 22 year old me at the Hofbrauhaus in 2008. I visited Munich for three days back in 2008 and I LOVED it. I'm shocked that I loved it as much as I did because I consumed a crazy amount of beer while I was there (to say I probably don't remember a lot of our first night is an understatement). To that end: it's a miracle I remember any of it at all. But as I've gotten older and smarter and learned more about history, Munich has been up there with Berlin and ... VIEW POST
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Learning About the White Rose Memorial in Munich, Germany
When I visited Munich, Germany for a few days in 2008, the lot of us went on a bike tour around the city and one of our stops along the way was the White Rose Memorial. The White Rose movement in Germany was a nonviolent, intellectual resistance opposing the Nazi party during World War II. The group was started and led by a professor from the University of Munich, Kurt Huber, and his students, siblings Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf, and Christoph ... VIEW POST