Thursday, September 24, 2009
Cinque Terre
Our last stop before Rome was the Cinque Terre in Northern Italy. We had planned to stay there three nights, but once we got there it was so relaxing and fun that we made it four! When we got off the train, we had no place to stay for the night and probably looked pretty lost. An older man came up to us and asked us if we needed a place to stay and we said yes. He rents out a couple of rooms in his apartment and we took one for the duration of our stay. He was very hostpitable. He made us breakfast in the mornings and cooked us dinner at night. We had pasta with tomatoe sauce and homemade pesto - it was so delicious!!!! We spent the days bathing in the sun and hiking between villages/beaches. The next and last stop on our trip is Rome!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Venice and Florence
Our first day in Venice had beautiful weather. We were still pretty exhausted from our four days of Paris mayhem, but we decided to go out and enjoy the sunshine. The city was so beautiful! We spent most of our afternoon at the Piazza San Marco and the surrounding area. There were street vendors, flashy boats, and lots of food. We got pizza for lunch - seeing as we were finally in Italy, it seemed like the right thing to do. Turns out, food in Venice is really salty! Not only do they use cured meats (lots of salt), but the guy that made it added more salt to the top of the slice before giving it to us. It wasn't our favorite meal, and slightly disappointing. We decided to try a panini for dinner, thinking that was a safe enough meal choice. We ordered a panini with bacon. When we ordered it, the man started cutting off slices of bacon that didn't look cooked. We were thinking that he was going to grill it up just for us. Then he stuck it on the bread, finished the sandwich, and handed it to us. We were a little confused. The shop was definitely a meat shop, but we didn't think we would have to cook the sandwich ourselves. Kendra asked the man if we needed to cook it and he seemed annoyed and told us that the meat was already cured - oops.
As we woke up the next morning, we got off to an early start and about midmorning the rain started pouring. We were drenched to the bone within 10 minutes. So we headed back to the hotel and spent the day relaxing, reading, and drying off in our room. It was definitely the perfect day to be in a hotel instead of a hostel.
We tried to leave to Florence early, but woke up late because we both had accidently set our watches for pm instead of am. But it turned out to be the best mistake we made the whole trip. The early train we were supposed to take was an express train that we didn't know required a reservation. If we would have gotten on that train, we would have been fined €40! Definitely not in our spending limit. So the later train we took instead was included in our eurail without reservation fees.
Upon arrival in Florence, we had a difficult time finding our hostel. Most of the hostels we have stayed in until now were pretty obvious with big signs. This one turned out to be a small hostel that just looked like apartments. The only sign was on the call button. They said it would cost us €25 a night, but we were able to talk them down to €17 - awesome! The next day we went sightseeing in Florence, where the rain caught up with us again :( Instead of just staying in, we weathered the storm and came back to the hostel pretty drenched, but happy we were able to see everything. Our original plan had been to stay in Florence another night, but because of the rain, we decided to move on to the Cinque Terre early - best decision ever!
As we woke up the next morning, we got off to an early start and about midmorning the rain started pouring. We were drenched to the bone within 10 minutes. So we headed back to the hotel and spent the day relaxing, reading, and drying off in our room. It was definitely the perfect day to be in a hotel instead of a hostel.
We tried to leave to Florence early, but woke up late because we both had accidently set our watches for pm instead of am. But it turned out to be the best mistake we made the whole trip. The early train we were supposed to take was an express train that we didn't know required a reservation. If we would have gotten on that train, we would have been fined €40! Definitely not in our spending limit. So the later train we took instead was included in our eurail without reservation fees.
Upon arrival in Florence, we had a difficult time finding our hostel. Most of the hostels we have stayed in until now were pretty obvious with big signs. This one turned out to be a small hostel that just looked like apartments. The only sign was on the call button. They said it would cost us €25 a night, but we were able to talk them down to €17 - awesome! The next day we went sightseeing in Florence, where the rain caught up with us again :( Instead of just staying in, we weathered the storm and came back to the hostel pretty drenched, but happy we were able to see everything. Our original plan had been to stay in Florence another night, but because of the rain, we decided to move on to the Cinque Terre early - best decision ever!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Paris again
Our first full day in Paris started out strong. We went to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa and purchase our two day museum pass so that we could see everything in Paris! The Louvre was open late on Thursday, so we didn't spend much time there Wednesday morning, we just saw Mona and headed out for our walking tour of the city. We were really excited for the free walking tour, seeing as our Munich tour was so informative and interesting. This one started out good as well. We got to see a lot of Paris and the guide was very enthusiastic, but three and a half hours later, we were ready to move on from the tour and see Paris for ourselves. We left the tour early and headed towards the Arc de Triomphe (our guide was still talking, and probably went well over 4 hours).
The rest of the day was very busy, running from museum to monument trying to get use of our two day pass. That night we made dinner at Whitney's hotel - french toast! Yum!! Everything was dirt cheap, except for the syrup that cost us €6 >_< But it was totally worth it :) That night, Whitney stayed in to rest from our busy day and we ran to the Museé D'Orsay to catch one more museum and showed up 10 seconds too late :( We were so close, the night guard was just leaving the building to stand in front of the door when we arrived. Instead, we headed off to the Eiffel Tower where we stood in line for an hour and a half and right before we got our tickets, they stopped selling tickets to the very top of the tower - luck was just not on our side that night. But it was no biggy, we were tired and the second floor was view enough for us. We ended up getting in bed by 1:30 after that long day, making it difficult to get up the next morning.
Our second full day in Paris was a little more sluggish, and all three of us probably only made it through thanks to the 3 liters of freeway cola we all chugged together, as well as the multiple, sugary pastries we had throughout the day - gotta love the sugar high :) We climbed to the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral first thing to enjoy the view of Paris in the morning. Then it was off to another tour of museums to finish out the use of our museum pass. We saw Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet - tons of great paintings. We finished out our day going to the Luxemburg gardens and the Louvre. We were all kind of dead as we went back to Whitney's to make spaghetti dinner. That night we went to a place Whitney was told about that was supposed to have amazing macaroons, called Lauduree. It was on the Champs Elysees, so we grabbed our macaroons and headed back to the Arc to eat macaroons and look at Paris at night. That night, we got back to the hostel at about 10pm and as Karin went to grab some things from her bag, she realized that her entire backpack was completely soaked! We could not figure out how this could happen until Kendra found a note from one of our roommates saying that she had flooded the bathroom and bedroom whlie taking her shower and because we had the bottom bunks and our things were on the floor, some of it was soaked. We started airing things out and found that both of our books were balloons :( No worries, we can still read them. But the whole excursion set us back a few hours in sleep seeing as we had to stay up later hanging things up only to get up extra early in order to pack (we usually do it the night before leaving).
The last day was spent in Versaille on a bike tour (Whitney's fantastic idea!). We met at Whitney's hotel so that we could safely store our packs before our tour. As we exited the elevator, we realized there was an interesting smell in the air. Karin thought it was burnt rubber, while Kendra thought it was burnt hair. We got to Whitney's room and were greeted by a frantic Whitney and a barely awake Evan. Turns out, Whitney had tried to make coffee that morning and didn't realize the bottom of the tea kettle was plastic. It had caught on fire and she had fanned the smell and smoke out the door and windows! We hope she doesn't mind us telling this story, and hope that she didn't end up paying for it, but it was a bit of a highlight for our Versaille trip :) The rest of the day was spent riding bikes through the beautiful gardens of Versaille and learning about the history of the chateau. We had a picnic in the front of the chateau and ate chicken and camembert on a baguette and Whitney and Kendra enjoyed a nice bottle of French chardonnay. Afterward, we left Whitney in Paris and rode a night train to Venice.
Photos from several albums have now been updated for your viewing pleasure :)
The rest of the day was very busy, running from museum to monument trying to get use of our two day pass. That night we made dinner at Whitney's hotel - french toast! Yum!! Everything was dirt cheap, except for the syrup that cost us €6 >_< But it was totally worth it :) That night, Whitney stayed in to rest from our busy day and we ran to the Museé D'Orsay to catch one more museum and showed up 10 seconds too late :( We were so close, the night guard was just leaving the building to stand in front of the door when we arrived. Instead, we headed off to the Eiffel Tower where we stood in line for an hour and a half and right before we got our tickets, they stopped selling tickets to the very top of the tower - luck was just not on our side that night. But it was no biggy, we were tired and the second floor was view enough for us. We ended up getting in bed by 1:30 after that long day, making it difficult to get up the next morning.
Our second full day in Paris was a little more sluggish, and all three of us probably only made it through thanks to the 3 liters of freeway cola we all chugged together, as well as the multiple, sugary pastries we had throughout the day - gotta love the sugar high :) We climbed to the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral first thing to enjoy the view of Paris in the morning. Then it was off to another tour of museums to finish out the use of our museum pass. We saw Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet - tons of great paintings. We finished out our day going to the Luxemburg gardens and the Louvre. We were all kind of dead as we went back to Whitney's to make spaghetti dinner. That night we went to a place Whitney was told about that was supposed to have amazing macaroons, called Lauduree. It was on the Champs Elysees, so we grabbed our macaroons and headed back to the Arc to eat macaroons and look at Paris at night. That night, we got back to the hostel at about 10pm and as Karin went to grab some things from her bag, she realized that her entire backpack was completely soaked! We could not figure out how this could happen until Kendra found a note from one of our roommates saying that she had flooded the bathroom and bedroom whlie taking her shower and because we had the bottom bunks and our things were on the floor, some of it was soaked. We started airing things out and found that both of our books were balloons :( No worries, we can still read them. But the whole excursion set us back a few hours in sleep seeing as we had to stay up later hanging things up only to get up extra early in order to pack (we usually do it the night before leaving).
The last day was spent in Versaille on a bike tour (Whitney's fantastic idea!). We met at Whitney's hotel so that we could safely store our packs before our tour. As we exited the elevator, we realized there was an interesting smell in the air. Karin thought it was burnt rubber, while Kendra thought it was burnt hair. We got to Whitney's room and were greeted by a frantic Whitney and a barely awake Evan. Turns out, Whitney had tried to make coffee that morning and didn't realize the bottom of the tea kettle was plastic. It had caught on fire and she had fanned the smell and smoke out the door and windows! We hope she doesn't mind us telling this story, and hope that she didn't end up paying for it, but it was a bit of a highlight for our Versaille trip :) The rest of the day was spent riding bikes through the beautiful gardens of Versaille and learning about the history of the chateau. We had a picnic in the front of the chateau and ate chicken and camembert on a baguette and Whitney and Kendra enjoyed a nice bottle of French chardonnay. Afterward, we left Whitney in Paris and rode a night train to Venice.
Photos from several albums have now been updated for your viewing pleasure :)
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Paris
Our last day in Munich was a quite one. We went to the park and had a picnic and read our books. We had heard of the English Gardens in Munich from books and people who had gone and heard it was a nice place to walk through, so we figured we would go find them. Our map seemed to have a certain area in a very large park assigned as the English Gardens, so we started walking towards that. We walked for a very long time, waiting to come up to a whole bunch of flowers and fountains - you know, garden stuff. After a long time of looking for it, Kendra proposed that it might have a magical entrance that requires us to hop two steps forward, one back, hop on your right foot two times and touch your nose. After that didn't work, Karin clicked her heals together three times and there was still no gardens. We came up to a park map and realized that the entire huge park we had been walking in for the last hour or so was the English Gardens. No flowers and fountains, just a large, green park.
That night we jumped on a night train to Paris :) We were nervous about who we would have to share a small train room packed with six bunk beds. It turns out, our roommates were a couple from just outside Salt Lake City! They were a really nice couple with three children at home. They were staying in Munich and taking a day trip to Paris. After our four days in Paris, we are not sure how they could have done much of anything in just one, but we hope they had fun.
When we first got to our hostel, we started looking at the information our hostel provided and planning our days in Paris when Karin's friend Verne and his two travel mates showed up. They were on their way to the catacombs so we joined them. That was such a good idea! The catacombs are filled with bones of people that used to live in Paris and the bones have been put into artistic designs. It was pretty creepy, especially when water started dripping from the ceiling - Kendra was convinced it was bone juices. Kendra and Shonoy (Vernes friend) had a skull touching contest. It went on for a while, but neither of them were creeped out enough to let go, so it was a draw.
Later that day we picked up our Paris groupie (Kendra's friend Whitney). She was able to hang out with us for the next three days! We finished planning our days in Europe and then, as most of you are aware via facebook, we went out that night with Verne, Dani, Shonoy, Whitney, Evan, Holly and us. A huge Seattle group, out on the town of Paris. We had a lot of fun!
We will update on the next three days later - new pictures are available from Salzburg and the Castle Day in Germany.
That night we jumped on a night train to Paris :) We were nervous about who we would have to share a small train room packed with six bunk beds. It turns out, our roommates were a couple from just outside Salt Lake City! They were a really nice couple with three children at home. They were staying in Munich and taking a day trip to Paris. After our four days in Paris, we are not sure how they could have done much of anything in just one, but we hope they had fun.
When we first got to our hostel, we started looking at the information our hostel provided and planning our days in Paris when Karin's friend Verne and his two travel mates showed up. They were on their way to the catacombs so we joined them. That was such a good idea! The catacombs are filled with bones of people that used to live in Paris and the bones have been put into artistic designs. It was pretty creepy, especially when water started dripping from the ceiling - Kendra was convinced it was bone juices. Kendra and Shonoy (Vernes friend) had a skull touching contest. It went on for a while, but neither of them were creeped out enough to let go, so it was a draw.
Later that day we picked up our Paris groupie (Kendra's friend Whitney). She was able to hang out with us for the next three days! We finished planning our days in Europe and then, as most of you are aware via facebook, we went out that night with Verne, Dani, Shonoy, Whitney, Evan, Holly and us. A huge Seattle group, out on the town of Paris. We had a lot of fun!
We will update on the next three days later - new pictures are available from Salzburg and the Castle Day in Germany.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Back in Munich
We came back to Munich for two days after Salzburg to go to the Neuschwanstein Castle outside Fussen. It was lucky that we didnt go to it the first time we were in Munich because our first days here were rather rainy and cloudy. Yesterday, however, was clear and sunny, just absolutely beautiful! We were there the whole day. There are two castles in the area: Hohenschwangau and Neuschwantein. The first is an older castle from medieval times while the latter started being built around 1883. Hohenschwangau was really beautiful. It was the summer getaway for the Bavarian royal family. Neuschwanstein was built by King Ludwig II and each room that was finished was devoted to a different opera composed by Wagner. Every room took years to individually complete. The castleś chapel floor was composed of some 2 million stones in a mosaic of a garden while the bed in the kings chamber was handcarved by multiple men and took years to finish. There are only 16 finished rooms in the castle. The entire second floor is unfinished even today.
Today we spent our last day in Munich, just enjoying the day. We are leaving for Paris and have to go catch our night train :)
Today we spent our last day in Munich, just enjoying the day. We are leaving for Paris and have to go catch our night train :)
Monday, September 7, 2009
Salzburg
We got into Slazburg last night and had pizza and a doner. Doner is kind of like a gyro, but in Karinś opinion, so much better! We then went to relax at our hostel. We got our bed made and were hanging out having a good time until this guy came in and joined our conversation. We didn't mind at first then we realized he had no idea what he was talking about and wouldn't stop talking. Luckily, another girl from our room came up and invited us all down to the hostel bar for trivia night, and we were saved! The bar was fun we met a group from England and asked us to be on their trivia team! We said sure but explained that we are not that good, seeing as the trivia was that they playing music and we had to identify the movie, tv show, or musical it came from. It was a lot of fun and our team complimented each other rather well. What we did not know, they knew. We ended up winning second place! That meant free beer and snacks!
This morning we did the Fraulein Maria Bike Tour! It is a bike tour that takes us to most of the Sound of Music sites in Salzburg. We had a large group, and most of the time we talked to a couple from Chicago. Turns out, he used to work for Arthur Andersen (an old accounting firm) so him and Kendra had lots to talk about. We saw lots of sceens from the movie. Some of them are documented on our pictures! The others will be posted as soon as possible. (One of our memory cards does not like to upload on some computers for some reason...)
Then we went to the old town where we saw Mozart's birthplace and all sorts of amazing buildings. The town is really interesting in that there really are not many sidewalks. The buildings create different streets through the town and people just walk to the side of the cars.
We spent the morning of our second day going through the fortress of Salzburg (Hohensalzburg). It is one of the best preserved fortresses in Europe. Also, it was apparently never taken by force. The fortress is surrounded by cliffs and has its own water supply, so itś pretty indestructable. The view from there was absolutely beautiful. The tour took us quite a bit less time than we had planned since the public is not allowed in a majority of the inner buildings. And since it was a Sunday and pretty much all of the city was closed, we grabbed our lunch, found a nice grassy spot by Mirabell Gardens and played cards for the afternoon. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and we had a fun time relaxing by the fountain where the von Trapp children and Maria run around singing :)
Our train back to Munich left at 5:41 this morning..... And it was and eventful morning. First, Kendra slept through her alarm :( Luckily Karin woke up to hers! We got downstairs to the 24 hour check out (supposedly) with just enough time to get our deposit back. We waited rang the bell, rang it again!!! 10 min later Kendra found a guy outside and it was the office guy. Imagine that. He checked us out and we RAN out the door. Running down the street, we passed a guy looking strange. As Kendra ran by, a stream started flowing under his legs!!! OH my GOSH he was peeing on the street! We literally both had to jump over the stream and continue running. We made it just in time:)!
This morning we did the Fraulein Maria Bike Tour! It is a bike tour that takes us to most of the Sound of Music sites in Salzburg. We had a large group, and most of the time we talked to a couple from Chicago. Turns out, he used to work for Arthur Andersen (an old accounting firm) so him and Kendra had lots to talk about. We saw lots of sceens from the movie. Some of them are documented on our pictures! The others will be posted as soon as possible. (One of our memory cards does not like to upload on some computers for some reason...)
Then we went to the old town where we saw Mozart's birthplace and all sorts of amazing buildings. The town is really interesting in that there really are not many sidewalks. The buildings create different streets through the town and people just walk to the side of the cars.
We spent the morning of our second day going through the fortress of Salzburg (Hohensalzburg). It is one of the best preserved fortresses in Europe. Also, it was apparently never taken by force. The fortress is surrounded by cliffs and has its own water supply, so itś pretty indestructable. The view from there was absolutely beautiful. The tour took us quite a bit less time than we had planned since the public is not allowed in a majority of the inner buildings. And since it was a Sunday and pretty much all of the city was closed, we grabbed our lunch, found a nice grassy spot by Mirabell Gardens and played cards for the afternoon. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and we had a fun time relaxing by the fountain where the von Trapp children and Maria run around singing :)
Our train back to Munich left at 5:41 this morning..... And it was and eventful morning. First, Kendra slept through her alarm :( Luckily Karin woke up to hers! We got downstairs to the 24 hour check out (supposedly) with just enough time to get our deposit back. We waited rang the bell, rang it again!!! 10 min later Kendra found a guy outside and it was the office guy. Imagine that. He checked us out and we RAN out the door. Running down the street, we passed a guy looking strange. As Kendra ran by, a stream started flowing under his legs!!! OH my GOSH he was peeing on the street! We literally both had to jump over the stream and continue running. We made it just in time:)!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Munich!!
So Munich is one of the most exciting cities we have been to yet! Berlin had awesome history and information, Lubbenau fun and relaxing, and Dresden had some fun night life, but Munich has just been a blast! Yesterday we got on the train to Munich at 5am and arrived at 11:20. We were a little worried because we thought we might not be able to find our hostel and get back to the station for our 12:30 train to Dachau, but we walked out of the station, took a left and Kendra found the street we needed right away - without a map even! We got checked in, dropped our stuff off and found the platform for the train we were supposed to take and, guess who was there! Jordan!!! (Karinś friend from UW for those of you who are not familiar). So, ok, this was kind of pre-arranged, but we were not sure if he would show up to the train or if we would meet him later that day. He greeted us with some delicious bavarian pretzels and we made our way to Dachau and the concentration camp memorial that is there.
The concentration camp was pretty intense. Most of the buildings of the camp were torn down after the war, so the buildings that stand on the site are actually rebuilt replicas, but to see how the people kept there actually lived, was something we will never forget. They said that the crematoriums were made into memorial sites immediately after the war, so we were not able to figure out if the buildings in their place were the originals, or replicas.
Upon returning to Munich, Kendra and I dropped off our extra clothes in the hostel before going to dinner. It was supposed to rain during the day so we had sweaters and raincoats, but it was warm and clear all day so we figured we would not need them. Kendra kept her rain jacket while I decided, for some reason to not bring mine. Jordan said we had to have some snitzel, so we found a somewhat inexpensive cafe off the main streets and had dinner on the street. It was fun catching up on each otherś trips and everything. Right before we got our check to leave, lightning starts going off and it starts pouring!! We decided to run for it - Kendra in her rain jacket, Jordan was also prepared with a long sleave, and me in my shirt... But it was ok, we just ran to the famous Hofbrauhaus for dessert!
The Hofbauhaus was exciting with live Bavarian music and the waitresses dressed in dirndles and waiters in lederhosen - so much fun! We had some delicious apple strudel and Kendra and Jordan had a 1L beer, which is the only size they come in. After a while, some Germans at the table behind us heard our accent and asked us where we were from. We told them we were from Washington State. They were like ok, and we went back to our food. After a little while, we were pulled into their conversation as they were debating whether or not we were on the east coast or west coast and what the difference between WA DC and WA state was. It was pretty hilarious and we had to actually draw a map to get the point across! We pretty much spent the rest of the night getting to know them and some of the people on the other table next to us (they were from Australia).
Today we took the free tour our hostel provides. Turns out, free tours are not actually free :( You just do not pay until after the tour and you decide what you pay your guide. But it was ok, our guide was pretty great. He had TONS of information to share about the past of Munich, Bavaria, and the Nazi revolution that started in Munich. We even got our first Bratwurst with mustard, which was so good! After the tour, we just went off on our own and got to see a lot of really cool churches and other buildings. Then we ate some pretzels and nectarines and went off to explore for a grassy place to read our books. Two hours later, we ended up at the Chinese tower that is in a very large park, that seemed much closer on the map :) By the time we got there, it was about 7pm and starting to get cold and dark. We read on a table for about 30min and started the hike home. On the way back we ended up in Marienplatz (the same square as the glockenspiel) and there was a fashion show going on in the square. We watched that for a while and headed back to the hostel. It has been a long day, but tons of fun!
Our hostel computer does not allow us to upload photos, so those will come later :)
The concentration camp was pretty intense. Most of the buildings of the camp were torn down after the war, so the buildings that stand on the site are actually rebuilt replicas, but to see how the people kept there actually lived, was something we will never forget. They said that the crematoriums were made into memorial sites immediately after the war, so we were not able to figure out if the buildings in their place were the originals, or replicas.
Upon returning to Munich, Kendra and I dropped off our extra clothes in the hostel before going to dinner. It was supposed to rain during the day so we had sweaters and raincoats, but it was warm and clear all day so we figured we would not need them. Kendra kept her rain jacket while I decided, for some reason to not bring mine. Jordan said we had to have some snitzel, so we found a somewhat inexpensive cafe off the main streets and had dinner on the street. It was fun catching up on each otherś trips and everything. Right before we got our check to leave, lightning starts going off and it starts pouring!! We decided to run for it - Kendra in her rain jacket, Jordan was also prepared with a long sleave, and me in my shirt... But it was ok, we just ran to the famous Hofbrauhaus for dessert!
The Hofbauhaus was exciting with live Bavarian music and the waitresses dressed in dirndles and waiters in lederhosen - so much fun! We had some delicious apple strudel and Kendra and Jordan had a 1L beer, which is the only size they come in. After a while, some Germans at the table behind us heard our accent and asked us where we were from. We told them we were from Washington State. They were like ok, and we went back to our food. After a little while, we were pulled into their conversation as they were debating whether or not we were on the east coast or west coast and what the difference between WA DC and WA state was. It was pretty hilarious and we had to actually draw a map to get the point across! We pretty much spent the rest of the night getting to know them and some of the people on the other table next to us (they were from Australia).
Today we took the free tour our hostel provides. Turns out, free tours are not actually free :( You just do not pay until after the tour and you decide what you pay your guide. But it was ok, our guide was pretty great. He had TONS of information to share about the past of Munich, Bavaria, and the Nazi revolution that started in Munich. We even got our first Bratwurst with mustard, which was so good! After the tour, we just went off on our own and got to see a lot of really cool churches and other buildings. Then we ate some pretzels and nectarines and went off to explore for a grassy place to read our books. Two hours later, we ended up at the Chinese tower that is in a very large park, that seemed much closer on the map :) By the time we got there, it was about 7pm and starting to get cold and dark. We read on a table for about 30min and started the hike home. On the way back we ended up in Marienplatz (the same square as the glockenspiel) and there was a fashion show going on in the square. We watched that for a while and headed back to the hostel. It has been a long day, but tons of fun!
Our hostel computer does not allow us to upload photos, so those will come later :)
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