Here are some more images from our recent trip to Germany. This image is of the entry gate to Dachau Concentration Camp. Arbeit macht frei means work will make you free. This image is of the memorial to victims of the Holocaust at Dachau. This next image is from the old town area of Tuebingen.  I loved the shape of the trees and the late day light. This hard working fellow also resides in the old town area of Tuebingen. This last image is of the ceiling in the cathedral at the University of Salzburg. I think all the faces looking down are really interesting...almost haunting.

Priscilla, Anna and I got back yesterday from visiting our oldest daughter in Germany, where she is studying abroad this semester. I took hundreds of images, so forcing myself down to 5 for this post was tough, but here they are. This image is of Anna sleeping off jet lag. Peter, Kirstin's host father for the first 10 weeks of her time in Germany took us to a castle.  We had to wait for the tour to begin. Later we walked the old town in Tuebingen. I captured an image of people at an outdoor cafe. Note the woman sitting at a table all alone. What do you think her story is? I had a chance to walk the Aldstadt (Old Town) of Tuebingen during the early evening hours. That's when I captured this woman hanging out the wash. One of our daytrips included a stop at the Dachau Concentration Camp. The most powerful image I saw was of the wash basins in the barracks. Words cannot describe the feeling of that place, especially the barracks. You can almost feel the presence of the spirits of the victims. The sense I get from this image is almost ghost like. How you're seeing it here is how it looked. That front wash basin almost looks to me as if it's separated from the rest of the picture.  I can't describe how that came about.

Here is another from Dachau Concentration Camp.

These are the "ovens " that were used to burn the bodies of the prisoners here. Perhaps the only place that I have been that has really brought the reality of what happened to mind. I have read about it, seen movies about it, and listened to survivors talk about it, but this, to me, said "This IS what happened". It isn't what is taught in High School history class, at least where I went to High School, it is much more than that. I hope that we, as humans, remember what went on and never let it happen again.

While vacationing in Germany, we made a trip to the Dachau Concentration Camp. One of the best vacations I have had in a long time. If you are ever in Europe, I would highly recommend Dachau as a "must see".