Revisiting Dachau 8 years later

Our group woke up early to check in early as well so we could be on the train by 828. We were all tired, but knew it was going to be worth it. We got to the station to buy our tickets and headed to the train. We took a regional train so it took half the time to get there. Being there was surreal. I had the same eerie feeling walking around as I did the first time. The things I remembered from the first time was the bunkers the people slept in and one part of the museum. I remember reading about the different deathly science experiments that were performed. I feel like this time we saw a lot more. I saw the jail cell that the 'special prisoners'  and the crematorium. That's not anything that I remembered so it was really cool to see. Walking through the museum I started to think maybe I hadn't remembered it right because I hadn't seen the medical experiments. But then right at the end I found it. I find it odd that the one thing I really remember from 8 years ago is seeing that display. 

We decided to head back early, but we missed the bus we had hoped to get, so we has to wait about 20 minutes. When we got on the bus it turned into a complete adventure. On the way to the train station a car started to back out in front of the bus and the bus had to slam on the breaks. After I watched us almost slam into a car I all the sudden heard a huge thump. An older lady had fallen on the ground and was slammed into the front of the bus. The bus was immediately turned off. It took the lady a good five minutes to get up even when someone was trying to pick her up. It was such an interesting experience being able to see. I loved being able to compare the two situations. I was not happy that the lady was hurt but it was definitely  an experience that allowed me to compare the situation between the US and Germany. 

We were all really scared that we were not going to make it back in time for the company visit, so we tried to call a student manager, but the number we had was wrong so we ended up emailing our student manager. Not making it back in time for a company visit would have been very bad. Missing a company visit without being excused results in dismissal from the program and wing sent home. That was nothing any of us wanted to deal with. Luckily we made or back in time. We even had time to grab lunch really quickly while eating for the train we had passed. This day we went to visit Ayerger beer factory. It was a pretty neat place. It was a super small brewery, but the experience was interesting. I found it really cool that the brewery is actually completely automated. It's essentially ran by computers only. The only time people have to come in is if the system isn't working. The tour wasn't super fascinating in the fact that it was another tourist company visit, but it was intern eating and one could tell the guide was happy to do his job.