Welcome to the Olympic Quest 2010 blog

We are 38 students and 2 professors from Gustavus Adolphus College on a European Quest of the Olympics. Here is a description of our course: Olympic Quest will investigate the history of the modern Olympic games through examination of the cultural, philosophical, societal, and athletic impact the games have had on the development of Western civilization. Beginning in the homeland of the most controversial modern games, Olympic Quest traces the path of the modern games through Germany, France, and Spain. Students will have the opportunity to interact with the origins of the ancient and modern Olympic games by participating, attending, and experientially reflecting on engagement within the various venues.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Last day in Munich

Hey to everyone following our blog, we´ve got a lot to update about as this last day has been jam-packed with loads of adventures.
We started out our day at Dachau, which was a concentration camp during World War 2. Although touring the grounds of the camp and walking through the museum were emotional experiences, it´s an important history for our generation to learn and we are priveledged to have been able to visit this location. Afterwards we all had some downtime to scope out the German food for lunch by ourselves, crepes were enjoyed by many! We met with Claudia for an entire afternoon of walking through Munich, seeing the buildings that have been standing since the sixteenth century. Most of us even ventured up over 300 stairs to the top of St. Peter´s Church,
which provided us with a view of the entire city and all of the strikingly beautiful buildings. We also got to see the royal residences and Church of Our Lady (you should google image it, it´s crazy awesome). We ended our day at a restaurant near our hotel that had a delicous three course meal that ended with a traditional Bavarian cream dessert (we´re starting to get spoiled). Everyone seems to be extremely tired from being outside in the cold weather all day, so it is an early night for everyone. Everyone is excited to venture to Garmisch, although Munich was liked by all! Stay tuned for the next blog update: this has been Jill and Kelly, Auf Wiedersehen!

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