Austria update! Day 1

After a easy couple of flights, we boarded our bus and met our driver, Martin and our tour guide, Pascal. We then visited the Concentration Camp Memorial site at Dachau. While a difficult thing to do especially on the first day, the students learned a great deal and were respectfully moved by the powerful stories, images, and monuments. The students expressed various sentiments about the experience-the most common being that learning from horrific experiences in the past may help them understand how to avoid them in the future. Following their reflections and emotional support for one another, we continued our journey to Salzburg. Before checking into our hotel, we stopped at Helburn Palace to visit the park there and to sing and dance at the Sound of Music Gazebo! We had many great picture opportunities although the weather was quite cloudy and chilly! After that, we checked into our hotel, had a great buffet dinner (the macaroons were a favorite!) and got some much needed sleep!