August 7-9 – Munich, Germany
On the night of the 6th of August, Andy and I took an over night train from Paris to Munich, Germany. Our first experience on a train like this was an interesting one. We slept in a tiny room with 6 “couchettes” (as the internet called them). Really they were skinny beds that were stacked closely on top of each other: 3 on each side of the room. We shared a room with 2 Korean gentlemen and 2 Canadian girls. The funny part of the story (not at the time, but right now it is) is that one of our roommates had some atrocious flatulence, and let me just say, the air in the room had very little circulation!
We got to Munich at about 8:30 am and our good friend Sascha was there to greet us. We spent time in Munich hiking in the Alps, going to a Bayern Munich Football Game, touring the city and just hanging out with Sascha, Silke and their son. Our hike in the Alps was amazing. We hiked through the mountain crevices along a raging river. There had been large amounts of rain that made the river rage more than usual. The football game was also an awesome experience. Because the regular season has not started, this was a family day at the stadium and the game was played between Bayern Munich and another team made up of winter Olympic athletes, special Olympic athletes and qualifying people from the local gym that was sponsoring the day. Needless to say, the pro football team won 11-1 and the only reason the other team got 1 is because their entire team came onto the field at the end of the game to make it 25 players to 11! Hilarious! On Monday, Silke was our tour guide around the city, and what a great tour guide she was. We loved the city and had a great time with our friends. Thanks you guys for having us!
Andy on his couchette for the night on the train.
We got up to 120mph on the Autobahn - awesome!
Our gorgeous hike through the Alps
Us with Sascha in the middle of the hike. Now time to turn around and go back through the mountain.
Traditional Bavarian Breakfast. Yum!
We are in front of the Munich Football arena - the white exterior changes colors depending on which team is playing. Very cool!
Us with Silke at the game.
This was one of the Special Olympic players. He was a goalie...amazing
The game. We were 5 rows from the field...we could almost high five the players as they came over for a corner kick.
Munich from the top of St. Peter Church. We were looking at the Glockenspiel.
We rode bikes all around the city on these rental bikes. We went to the"beach" at the local river.
We flew WizzAir from Germany to Ukraine...And yes, I said WizzAir. This was a free-for-all plane, meaning no assigned seating, and let me tell you, people trampled us to try to get a seat.
Next stop…our new home for the next 10 months. Ukraine here we come.
You said Glockenspiel… awesome post!! Love that y’all hung out in the fatherland!