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
Five Things I Want To Visit in Munich, Germany
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
