Germany

The train to Munich seems to take forever. Plus, it changed directions about 4 times. Confusing, and not good for travel nerves. A kind Czech woman shared the compartment with us, and chatted about her family she was visiting. It was quite a mood lifter when she got a call saying that her granddaughter had been born. We arrived in Munich an hour later than expected, and Jeny met us at the station. It was the orchestra group back together again! The hostel was easy to find, and the inside was amazing. Wombat City Hostel was one of the top rated hostels in the world last year, and it certainly deserves the title. After dropping our stuff, Jeny took us to the restaurant where her host sister works. It lays claim to the largest schnitzl in Munich, and it can feed two normal people in a serving. Full of good German food and beer, we went to BMW world, where they have a free museum about current BMW engines, car system, and all other type of car stuff that looks cool and that I dont understand. There were even motorcyles that you could try out and take pictures on. The building itsself was really impressive, and it supposidly has won all sort of architecture awards. Right next door was the old olympic park, so we wandered around the grounds and went up the tower. The city was beautiful lit up at night, and the tower allowed a good orientation tool. The next day Jeny gave us the full tour of the historic part of Munich. We saw Konigplatz, Marienplatz, the Opera, the Gardens, and all the tourist places in between. The weather was cool, but sunny, so people were out in droves to enjoy the odd spring-like day. After grabbing typical bratwurst for dinner, we climbed the church tower right next to the main square to see the heart of the city at dusk. Breathtaking. Back at the hostel, our roommates were back in the room and no longer sleeping, so we spent the rest of the night chatting with 2 brazillians and 2 Australians. We all hit it off so well, we decided to take a day trip together the next day to Neuschwanstein, the real life Sleeping Beauty Castle.