Monthly Archives: January 2012

This morning we checked out of the hotel, and went to the city center, Marienplatz, to watch the Glockenspiel at 11am. The whole thing took about ten minutes to complete. I’d have to say it was a little underwhelming for … Continue reading →

Today some of us went on a tour of the BMW plant in Munich. The plant is located in the Olympic park and was a pretty neat place. The whole thing took about two hours, but we got to see … Continue reading →

Today we went to the first concentration camp in Germany. Dachau was primarily a work camp, unlike some of the others. The camp had an extensive museum set up in the main building with tons of information. Outside, a lot … Continue reading →

Today we started our last three, and free, days of the trip. The majority of the group got on the train to Munich. When we got off the train, we walked about twenty minutes to try and find the hotel … Continue reading →

Today we went to the St. Thomas Church, where Bach worked for a number of years. Inside the church there is a spot where Bach is supposedly buried. After looking around the church we went across the street to a … Continue reading →

A couple of us ate lunch today at the Thomaskirch Brauhaus. Thomaskirch as in St. Thomas Church, in which Bach played a significant role. After lunch we all met up at the Runde Ecke museum. This was a Stasi museum … Continue reading →

Today we went from Göttingen to Wolfenbüttel by train. Wolfenbüttel is a small town that we primarily came to because one of the Bethel faculty members used to work here. We only had one day here and spent a good chunk of … Continue reading →

This morning we went back to the center of the city to see the market. It was full of fresh foods and produce. While we were there we started a scavenger hunt. Lisa came up with the list yesterday afternoon … Continue reading →

Today we got a tour of the city of Göttingen. The main focus of the tour was the university and the mathematicians that were in Göttingen. We talked about a number of people – Dirichlet, Gauss, Hilbert, Klein, and Planck. … Continue reading →

Today was a pretty uneventful day. We had to get up early this morning to catch the train. Unfortunately, our train was behind and we missed our connecting one. We had to wait an hour for the next one to … Continue reading →