Maastricht

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't blogged in a while, but it was a hectic weekend in munich.  Last weekend was a four day weekend here in Europe so we decided to take advantage of that and headed to Munich.  Last Wednesday we had a class trip to Bayer in Leverkusen near Cologne.  The tour was set up by the professor from Lebanon Valley College (there are four students from there in our program).  It was very informative for me from the research and development standpoint of their healthcare division.  But as this is a business program study abroad it wasn't as useful for the other 27 kids who could care less about chemistry.  We spent the evening in Cologne and visited a nice beer garden  Wednesday night.  Thursday we headed to Munich and arrived in the afternoon.  Everyone was exhausted so we slept for a while in the hotel and then went to an italian restaurant nearby to have some pizza.  Friday we headed to the concentration camp memorial near Dachau.  It was a very informative experience and at times very difficult to grasp the emotions and terrible history of the place.  We decided to head back to the hotel and then an evening at Hofbrauhaus and Hard Rock Cafe.  Saturday we went on mike's bike tour around Munich.  It was very relaxing an informative and the guide really knew the history of many of the 3rd Reich buildings.  We headed back to Maastricht on sunday and spent most of the evening relaxing and calling friends and family.  We have five days of class this week before we head to amsterdam for two days this weekend.