Munich

got up at 6:30 this morning and had breakfast. bread, cereal, wet eggs, deli-style meat and cheese. after breakfast we went around the corner to the beerstein store and learned about how they're made and then had a chance to shop at their store, the cuckoo clock store, and the Birkenstock shoe store (all these stores were closed last night when we arrived).

the countryside is hilly and beautiful, along the river, and filled with lots of castles and churches quickly passing by. lots of grapes growing on the hillsides, as well as other crops.

arrived in Munich late this afternoon. checked into the Holiday Inn, got back on a bus and hour later, and went to the middle of town. saw the Glockenspiel, but it was all covered up in scaffolding. a very nice girl, Nancy, hitched herself to me. she wanted to shop for a dress and i wanted to walk around and see things. it was good that she was with me because she's quite insecure and probably wouldn't have seen much on her own, but for me it was a little annoying because literally every step i took she followed. but walked around on our own for the next five hours or so. saw couple of nice churches and somewhat scary church, ate some pizza, went to a giant store (like a mall, but just one store). after we were finished we went to the famous beerhall, Haufbrau Haus, where we picked up three other people and walked to the English Gardens in the dark, then took the subway home and went to bed.

Munich was a very nice city. quite modern looking and busy, but not as busy as other cities. still big enough to have plenty of choices and lots of cool stuff to see. overall five hours was enough for me here.