Christmas has come and gone, and so have my plans to go backpacking. That's right, I'm still in Galway. Turns out giving up on my apartment and my life here isn't worth it yet. And so I am back in a full time job, which I started last Monday. So far, it's excellent. I now work at a video game company who will be releasing a new game in April, for which I will provide support. These two weeks are for training, so unlike my last job, I will have product knowledge before giving people information about it. Everyone there is really friendly, too. It's the kind of place where you don't feel like a bother if you have a question or are unsure of what you're doing. We'll see how it goes when the real work starts, but so far I'm glad I got this job.
But before I started that adventure, I had the chance to go to Munich for Christmas. It was not at all what I expected, but it was a nice trip nonetheless. The hostel I stayed at (Wombats) was great, with a bar and a cozy common room with hammocks where they played movies on a big projector screen. Sadly, I was sick for a day or two, but things got better once that passed. I was part of a little group with people around the globe and had tons of fun with them. On my last day in Munich we went to Dachau to visit the Concentration Camp. Combined with my trip to the city museum, I now know more about WWII than I did when we talked about it in high school. Although it wasn't necessarily a pleasant trip, it was definitely worth going. It makes the whole thing appear more real, instead of being just another thing of the past. It also changes your perspective of humans, as you see the best and the worst that we are capable of. But the best part of the trip was without a doubt my visit to the ballet, where I saw The Nutcracker. I had never seen anything so beautiful. Even the theater itself was breathtaking, with marble floors and velvet cushion seats. Speaking of seats, I was really proud of the one I had chosen. My view wasn't perfect, but it wasn't far from it. Considering that I had never seen the layout of the theater before, I was quite proud of myself. It was my first time seeing a ballet and it surely won't be the last.
Have no fear, I have not forgotten pictures:
Happy thoughts!
What an eventful month it has been. But knowing me, I would be bored if it wasn't. Let's hope this coming year is full of good adventures, travels and happy times. And I wish the same to all of you!
Christine
But before I started that adventure, I had the chance to go to Munich for Christmas. It was not at all what I expected, but it was a nice trip nonetheless. The hostel I stayed at (Wombats) was great, with a bar and a cozy common room with hammocks where they played movies on a big projector screen. Sadly, I was sick for a day or two, but things got better once that passed. I was part of a little group with people around the globe and had tons of fun with them. On my last day in Munich we went to Dachau to visit the Concentration Camp. Combined with my trip to the city museum, I now know more about WWII than I did when we talked about it in high school. Although it wasn't necessarily a pleasant trip, it was definitely worth going. It makes the whole thing appear more real, instead of being just another thing of the past. It also changes your perspective of humans, as you see the best and the worst that we are capable of. But the best part of the trip was without a doubt my visit to the ballet, where I saw The Nutcracker. I had never seen anything so beautiful. Even the theater itself was breathtaking, with marble floors and velvet cushion seats. Speaking of seats, I was really proud of the one I had chosen. My view wasn't perfect, but it wasn't far from it. Considering that I had never seen the layout of the theater before, I was quite proud of myself. It was my first time seeing a ballet and it surely won't be the last.
Have no fear, I have not forgotten pictures:
Munich really had some beautiful architecture
The Christmas Market
On my way to the English Garden (I have yet to figure out what was English about it)
Mercedes Benz store
The above mentioned English Garden
Inside a church:
"Work makes you free". Welcome to Dachau
The new foundations laid where the bunkers used to be:
The crematorium:
Graves created by Americans when they liberated the camp:
No Concentration Camp is complete without a gas chamber:
Happy thoughts!
What an eventful month it has been. But knowing me, I would be bored if it wasn't. Let's hope this coming year is full of good adventures, travels and happy times. And I wish the same to all of you!
Christine
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