* These pictures were added later . ( Yes, I forgot my pc / digicam cable )This sunset was too spectacular to miss . As the train was going at speed there is distortion but none the less ... what a fabulous sky . It's created an almost eerie image with the trees *
It’s Thursday the 14th December and I am on my way to Munich courtesy of the Deutsches Bahn .
For those not familiar with Germany I can honestly say that the rail system here is marvellous. With punctuality that rivals the pips on GMT , it traverses the country.
The mode of travel is comfortable and all facilities are on board .
As I write this the scenery could pass for England .Rolling downs , trees , farmland .
All that is missing is the Elgar Cello Concerto. !
But the give away is the architecture. Pointed , sloping roof tops on houses which are at least three stories high .
My main reason for the journey----later . There are secondary interests though.
Shopping ( why ever not ) Munich is famous as an elegant city .I shall report !
A visit to Dachau. Originally to punish those Germans who opposed the National Socialists it later slaughtered gypsies , Jehovah’s witnesses, prisoners from other lands and of course Jewish .
There are those who wonder at my political interests and convictions. I make apologies for these. More and more we hear of secret prisons being built , humanitarian conduct ignored whilst torture is being carried out and 'justified' …Nothing justifies such . Plus there is no place for torture or degredation in society.
Dachau and all other camps have been kept to serve as a reminder of how such evil begins. How sick that the former liberators are now ,all too often ,the perpetrators ….
Time for coffee and some emails … Until later.
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