Journal | Herzog History

These are my journal entries from the two week journey with my grandfather. They are my reactions to the places we went as we went along the trip. The most recent entry is first.

Retracing History

Old with New

From the beginning...

Retracing History

Today was our last day in Chemnitz and we got the full tour of the city and everywhere that meant something to Grandpapa. His friend...

Old with New

Today we took a trip to Dresden, Germany. It was only an hour by train to get there. Weird thing that happened on the train: some lady...

From the beginning...

On our way to Chemnitz, Germany we made a pit stop in Nuremberg. We only stopped for lunch, but it was interesting to see the place where...

Kids will be kids

Our last day in Munich means we went to a bunch of places Grandpapa went to when he was a child. We went to see where his grandma lived,...

Dachau

We saw Grandpapa's grandparents' graves today. Although I don't really know any stories about them, it was still surreal to see them....

Onward to Munich!

We drove to Munich, Germany today, but the stau to get there was annoying! We were supposed to get there right around lunch but alas we...

Visiting Lieselotte

Today was a day I will never forget. We drove the hour to Bratislava, Slovakia this morning to see Grandmama's sister Lieselotte’s grave....

Die Fledermaus!

We went to a beautiful art museum today. I saw a bunch of different artists I'd never heard of before, but the art was incredible. The...

Traditional Austria

We went to the Imperial Palace today and learned about the royal family and man was it gorgeous! I've been to Versailles and the golden...

To Grandmama's favorite

So the drive to Vienna didn't go quite as planned. We were hoping to stop in Salzburg on the way, but the stau (traffic) ended up taking...