Day 3 - Dachau and Krimmel Falls

When we left beautiful Rothenberg, we traveled first to Dachau. What a contrast! This was the first concentration camp in WWII. I had really mixed feeling about going or not. On one hand I felt I couldn't be this close without going. I wanted to "pay my respects" in a way to all those who lost their lives there. The same reason people go to Pearl Harbor or Carthage Jail, I suppose. On the other hand I didn't know if I could be in a place where so much evil occurred, so much pain and suffering. We decided to go and take it one step at a time. And that is just what we did. We walked slowly, and I cried... a lot. I am glad I went though, in a way. And I pray this never happens again!

(Note to reader: from here on out the pictures are not in order and some of them uploaded in a smaller size. But instead of trying to fix them, we are just going to work with it.)

After leaving that dreadful place, we continued on our way to Krimml Falls in the northern Alps of Austria. This is the highest waterfall in Europe! We really enjoyed all the amazing views. The Alps are so beautiful! So magnificent! Here is a nice picture along our drive, isn't it pretty?

You can see a small part of Krimml falls behind the goat statue.

Nathan bought himself a cool woolen hat from the Alps! It is going to be his new camping hat.

These cows all had cow bells on them. Nathan was fascinated by them. They were very noisy and they still smelled like cows. (I can't stand cows, yuck!)

This one was funny though, he was resting his head on the fence post, almost as if to say, "This bell sure is heavy."

More of Krimml Falls.

A view of Krimml Falls from our hotel balcony.

Nathan at the trail head.

That is Krimml falls in the far distance behind us.