Trip #2: Munich, German

It’s been a while since my last blog because I have been so busy. Erin flew in on Saturday the 24th of March, but left St. Louis Friday. One of her flights was delayed because the airline lost the luggage for everyone on the plane, when they left an hour later only 4 people’s luggage was lost, and thankfully not Erin’s.

Sunday I showed Erin Prague castle and the walk to old down over Charles Bridge. We saw the changing of the guards and had had a tea/coffee at a little outside cafe. For lunch we met Brittany and Jeff at Bohemian Bagel, one of my favorite restaurants in Prague. Monday I had class in the afternoon so Erin walked around the city and didn’t get lost.
Tuesday Erin and I got up early and took a 6 hours train ride to Munich. We settled into hostel near downtown, and headed to the Hofbrauhaus. On the way there was this little shop that only sold felt- the WHOLE store was bolts of felt in every color. It was amazing. There was a heather gray bag hanging in the store front that was so cute and perfect that we both wanted one- until we saw the price… 77 € = $100 each!!! It was too much. We were so sad to leave the bags behind, but decided over the evening that we could make it ourselves and when we went back on Thursday we bought just the felt and it was only 20.50€ for enough felt for two bags and a pocket or two.

At HB there were some nice Germans who sat near us which was strange because according to Rick Steves only tourist go there. The pretzels were soooooo good!! And the beer was huge!

Wednesday we got up even earlier and took a train to Fussen, a small town 2 hours from Munich, in order to get to the Neuschwanstein Castle. We had some difficulty on the train and accidentally got off at the wrong station. We had 45 min until the next train came, so we decided to walk around the town. It all worked out in the end and we even made it to our tour times without having to change them.

We first toured Hohenschwangau, the castle of Maximilian, Ludwig’s father. It has a much better tour and they give you more information about the castle and the King and Queen who used the castle for holidays (vacations). The tour for Neuschwanstein was rushed and the rooms that they show are so detailed and elaborate- it really deserves more time.