My Birthday, Munich, and Upcoming Events

I wrote this in Germany on Friday night:

Disclaimer: The y and z are switched on these keyboards.


We had a very early start this morning when the cab arrived at 450 am to take us to London Stansted. We got pretty cheap flights on easyjet but the trade off was that we were flying out of stansted instead of heathrow. By the time the seven of us split the cab it was onlz 11 pounds per person each way. When we got to Munich we realized that none of us knew how to speak German and we were a little bit confused on how to get to our hostel but once we spoke to the information desk we got it all sorted out. The trains here are very efficient and we are onlz a couple stops away from Meinplatz, the center of Munich. We split passes on the rail so all of the train travel this weekend was only 12 euro per person, including the train to and from the airport.

Today during the day we walked around the Meinplatz and climbed St. Peters to get a great (and cheap view of the city) we also got lunch at one of the delicious little cafes. We were even mistaken for being Bavarian by one of the girls in the bathroom. After lunch we spent some time walking around the central area. We also had a verz american experience of sprinting through the square to hear the kuckoo clock go off at 5pm only to find out that its only at 5 during the summer. We also went to dinner in a small restaurant off the main alley with all german menus. Our waitress was very nice and she desribed every item as best she could. She also showed us some more places to visit and gave us a free round of small german beers for our trip and my birthday.

When we got home from dinner, we took it easy because all of us were exhausted. We woke up saturday and went to an open air market for breakfast before going on a 3 hour walking tour of the city. We cut out of the tour early for some traditional bavarian food. Afterwards, we caught a train to go see Dachau, as it is very close to the metro stop.

That evening we had a traditional bavarian meal at a brewery across the street from our hostel and headed to Hofbrauhous, the most famous beer house. Our tour guide told us that it used to be men only and there were no latrines, so it could get pretty stinky in there. Luckily, the plumbing was up to par and the pretzels were delicious.

Since I have been back I have done the usual grocery shopping and dropped off some clothes to be laundered (15 pounds per time eeek :/) I have to remember that this is actually school so I tried to go to the library today at the local college and do some work so that I am prepared for a presentation of Friday and exams in a few weeks.

We have started to plan spring break and I think my friends and I are going to try and rent a ski house in the alps for the five days. My friend Tessa from Germany might even meet us there. We are working it out now to try and book it as soon as possible. We just don't really know any of the mountains so email me if you have any recommendations. We also aren't sure if we can rent EVERYTHING so we are researching it.

Upcoming travel adventures include Paris next weekend and Dublin on March 12. For the weekends in between, I think I am going to try and see some of the UK while I have a chance. I am also going to an Econ play tomorrow night and Avenue Q on Feb 1st so it should be a packed couple of weeks.

I hope everything is great stateside!

Miss you lots,
Brookie