Munich
The next and last stop with the tour group was munich. When you are on vacation you say im on holiday.  You can take the S bahn train and U bahn trains and trans and buses to inner city. I like to dine alone and ppl watch when I travel even if on tours. We saw the monkey tower which is the royal palace area for King Ludwig. Then w we went to pale yellow building in town center for wolfgang amadeus mozarts house. Hofbrauhaus was amazing, it is basically like disneyland for beer. 

If you raise your hand and salute hitler anywhere in munich its an automatic arrest and 500 dollar fine! It is a Federal crime to deny the holocaust. I went on a bike tour and was the Butt babe, rear gunner, back lead for the group since I biked the best apparently....weird.  We went to the second largest/biggest bier garten in the world. I tried homemade Muesli - type of cereal and oats with yogurt mixture. The hotel Novatel was plush and comfortable. 

Free cookies and fruit at front desk each day was a plus especially when on a budget. I only tried dinner out one day or two. We went to a big park outside of the city and watched people take surfboards to the river to surf. I started to get homesick a bit when the tour group left the next day. By Saturday, I will have been gone almost two and a half weeks. I am learning continuously not all people can be trusted and looks can be deceiving as our nature and mannerisms.

 Taxi rides are not cheap, but if you are lost and its late or you are in trouble, it is far better to spend the money for safety. The weather like home changes often and if u dont have what u need you need to buy it like for instance a worthless umbrella for 9 euro and use two days before it breaks on you. The Germans are very direct, no funny business or you risk ridicule or misunderstand you and they get angry, not on purpose, but because some don't speak english and they try to and it is difficult if your deutsch is poor or little to none. Munich was pretty and lots of bikers and active city. I took the bus to Austria (my solo journey next stop) alone. It was a pretty ride and two and a half hours.   

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

New Zealand Untamed Landscapes: Honeymoon 2019

Image
I was debating putting this post down since we arrived home. I gave myself a week back at work and a weekend to recharge and try to wake up. I have to laugh a little because typically when I come home from a wonderful trip, I am usually a smidge depressed for awhile. I observe the life and country of another land, get immersed in their culture and then depart before I can consider losing my passport and trying to stay. Ah, the life of a world traveler. New Zealand is a land of true beauty, many parts of it, are untouched by tourists, and holds vast landscapes of sweeping trees and mountains. The Maori people who live in the Maori village there are kind, and they protect their land very well. They made us a hengi feast and cooked it in the geothermal hot spring ground. Kind of like if America had a 'nature's slow cooker.' The food cooks all day and you can simply leave it covered and in the ground, where inset boards will be lowered down to cook the food. We also went to ...
Read more

Stay at home mom, Landmark, this and that, goodbye Midtowne on the Park

 Hello! Took another a long hiatus from these posts. I have been a busy momma. I left my job at Lockheed Martin June 2nd last year. I left the comfy cushion of a good salary, 9 hr days, and daycare days to days where I am central focused on kids, rather than when I will get my nails done, or when my next day off is. I attend St. John's Baptist Mother's morning out group once a week, 2 hrs in the basement discussing a book with other moms while the kids are in nursery or toddler class, beneficial. Learning to say no to things rather than yes to everything. I said no to women's bible study, which I love, to yes to more time with the kiddos, and yes to supporting my husband and the unpredictable work schedule. I say no to rushing from here to there unless part of our normal routine, and said goodbye to friends who do not fit changes, or energy, those who do not understand or give back.       Becoming a stay at home mom has helped me get back the moments I had lost ...
Read more

Setting yourself up for disappointment

I don't know what's harder, the beginning, the middle or the end of something you thought would last. for two weeks I have been sick on and off, and my life things I like doing have been put on hold, no gym, no life group, no bible study, it's been miserable and this week I could only go to work one day because I have pink eye in both eyes, trying to get well again. When I don't get to go anywhere or do anything, I do it anyways. I worked out while sick last week and made it worse. I went to see Iron Man yesterday after work because I needed to get out. I disinfected the apartment periodically and cursed when I saw statuses of people going out and having fun when I'm stuck. during my time in my room, or in the shower, or cleaning, I began to fester about what I could have been doing, what I needed to do, or what happened while I was absent, or about all the people I cared about who maybe forgot about me. Here's the thing, everyone has a hobby, or maybe its a fla...
Read more