Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Day 9 - Prague - Regensburg - Munich

On May 2nd, our official 5th year wedding anniversary, I wore my new Amber necklace and we crossed back into Germany, stopping in Regensburg, a city on the River Danube where we captured some pics of the cathedral, stopped for a local beer called Bischofshof in a courtyard restaurant, wandered the cobblestone streets in search of souvenirs and bratwurst sandwiches with sauerkraut, they weren't hard to find. We stopped at a very historical restaurant right on the river that served people outside and they prepare the food in a smoke filled tiny shack of a building, to order you must go into the building and hopefully not pass out from smoke inhalation. There were lots of interesting shops and nooks and crannies there. Some folks in our group bought some cool German hats, now if they could only yodel...


In Munich, capital of Bavaria, our orientation included the Olympic Stadium, Ludwigstrasse and the Marienplatz, renowned for its musical Glockenspiel. We joined a few of our Australian traveling companions and had a giant pretzel and huge beer at the oldest bierkeller (brew house) in that part of Europe. The place named Hofbrauhau and was a huge booming hall of travelers where each waiter purchases food from the restaurant then sells it to the customer making a profit. They are resellers and make their money only by selling items, they basically rent the restaurant to do business in similar to a hair salon. We purchased our pretzel from a girl who walked around selling them out of a large wicker basket. We enjoyed some conversation of our fellow travelers then headed to our Hotel called Park Inn by Radisson Munich East. I am struggling to remember more details of this day as I am writing it a few days after the fact. This is exactly the reason I am keeping a blog, to remember where I've been and what I've seen. If I don't it will all seem like a blur, and it already does. This is the longest stint of travel that we have ever endured and though we have been well taken care of, being constantly on the road and living out of a suitcase has started taking its toll on everyone. Some people are traveling much longer than us, some even 10 weeks and more! We are calling this our sampler trip with training wheels to allow us to get a taste of many countries so that we can come back and spend more time in the ones we enjoy the most.















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