And the Adventure Begins...in Munich!

I am finally settled in the hotel and done traveling for a couple days. Mark is currently passed out on one of the beds. He didn't sleep a wink on the plane so he's been awake for over 24 hours and is finally dead to the world. Anne and I both slept on the plane for about 5 hours so that we would adjust to the time difference. However, when I was trying to sleep in the upright position of my seat, I felt like an iPhone being charged at night just waiting to light up from a text. I couldn't get much deep sleep going because either my head would slide down the wall of the plane, my butt would start to cramp up, the fasten seat belt sign would ding, or the TV screen would flash with a movie. Somehow I didn't get too sleepy today though and right now it is 7:30 pm in Munich, so I should be going to bed soon...haha.

But we had very safe and efficient travels on all three flights. We had very little time in between each flight so we didn't have to wait around. Customs into Dusseldorf were also a breeze! Then when we arrived in Munich we had to navigate the subway system (aka the U-bahn). Fortunately we had printed out directions and were able to use some gut instinct to interpret the German signs and we made it to our hotel without any wrong trains or turns! By the time we got checked into our hotel we all hit a wall. Nobody wanted to move or do anything but we had to get out of the room and go explore! So we grabbed some cappuccinos, and hit the tramway and subway to get back to Munich and when we finally reached the surface again we looked upon amazing architecture...

  Anne walking the narrow streets.

 Lots of German musicians were playing in the city.

 The tramway that runs by our hotel

 Scooters and beer...enough said.

 I love how the buildings curve with the streets!

 Mark enjoying the view of part of the city of Munich

We had a little trouble getting something to eat later in the day when we realized we didn't know how to read the German menus. Lots of restaurants were surprisingly full on a Sunday at 4 pm. We did find a small restaurant that had English translations in the menus and we tried to be really polite to the waitstaff because they didn't seem too excited to serve some young Americans. However, they were very nice and I got to eat a pretzel with real honey mustard and German sausage. I thought it was interesting that this item was listed under "Brunch" in the menu but the waiter said we could order it even though it was the afternoon.

We started our trip on a good note and wide-eyed at all the beauty. I can't wait to wake up to more experiences every day the next 7 weeks!

Danke!