Review of first 10 days.

We have officially been living in Stuttgart, Germany for ten days. We have done lots of traveling already, keeping ourselves busy and trying to avoid jet lag. We have already traveled to many different places. We left from Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday September 26th. When we landed in Munich, Germany it was Tuesday September 27th. Germany is six hours ahead of North Carolina, so it took some adjusting to the time difference. Once we landed we took another shorter flight to Stuttgart where we dropped off our luggage and then went on our way taking a train back to Munich. On Wednesday we went to Oktoberfest, which is a giant carnival that happens once a year at the end of September. Thursday we then went on to Dachau,Germany which is where a concentration camps is located. A concentration camp is a working camp where people were sent during World War 2 because of their religious views or family history, a lot of families were separated upon arrival of the camp. On Friday we traveled to the Zugspitze which is a mountain that is the highest point in Germany. We took a cable car to the top of the mountain and were able to eat lunch on top. I was brave enough to climb the mountain up higher than were we ate. The view was amazing. We also went to see the Neuschwanstein castle, this castle was the castle that inspired Walt Disney to create the famous Disney castle. The castle itself was home to King  Ludwig the second. He never actually lived in the house as he died before the castle was finished. 

Monday October third was a German Holiday, it is their reunification day between the eastern and western parts of Germany. We were able to take a tour of the Ludwigsburg castle which was really cool. There is a connection between the Ludwigsburg castle and Mecklenburg county because of the name Charlotte. Charlotte was the name of the kings mistress. 

Tomorrow I am off to Cologne which is in Northern Germany. I will make another post once I get back! Hope everyone has a good weekend! :)