Freie Universität Excursion

Munich
To start off the Munich trip, we embarked on a tour of the city to sight see. One of the first locales that was explored was the Newarshtein Castle.  We arrived at the castle through a two hour train ride in which we were able to see the country side of Bavaria.  Upon arrival, we were in a small town at the bottom of the mountain.  We trekked up the mountain for about 40 minutes, which allowed us to see the view from the mountain and the forest that inhibited the location.  We arrived at the castle soon after and took a guided tour in which they exhibited the bedroom of King Ludwig.  The tour concluded with walking to a bridge where were able to see a majestic view of the castle and the surrounding country side.

Vienna
We took a guided tour of the city.  I was very impressed by the architecture of the buildings and of the long years of establishment may of these buildings had.  During my stay in Vienna I went to Wurstelprater, an amusement park that opened in the late 1700s.  Because of the cooler weather we did not have to deal with incredible amounts of people; my friends and I waited in line for about 2 minutes. During the trip we also took a day excursion to the city of Melk, a small town in Austria about an hour and a half from Vienna. We saw this massive palace that had been turned into a monastery named Melk Abbey.  It was built in 1736 on a hill overlooking the town.

Budapest

Me and my friends had a few free days on the excursion and decided to go to Budapest.  We took a walk up to the Statue Liberty Hill in which we were able to see a view of all of Budapest.  Afterwards we went to a Hungarian Bath House which was a traditional Bath House in the park.  It had thermal pools both indoors and outdoors, and they were very relaxing.  Afterwards the hostel we booked had a homemade dinner of chicken soup with paprika, vegetables and other herbs.  The following day, we went to the Terror Museum.  This museum displays the Communist oppression Hungary felt during the communist reign.  It was a modern museum that presented this material impressively.