Day 12-13: Sometimes I feel like somebody's watching me
Ahh, good evening fellow readers. Welcome and salutations. I'd like to start off by saying that we are tried as can be. We have been up since 4:30 this morning (in Praha), and we have been up since we've gotten to Munich. Unfortunately, we died on the way from Prague to Munich, which was very sad. So now, we are going to have to be writing these blog posts as dead people.
Now as ghost ted, which from now on will be referred to as "ted", I shall continue. Ghost Les will be known as "nancy boy mc fancy pants" from now on out though.
After getting into Munich, we took the train from the airport to the Marienplatz train station, which unfortunately was the wrong station. We then walked to the central train station and found our hostel. Our hostel, which is the crappiest yet in my opinion, would not have our room ready till 3PM (and it was currently 10:30ish). So, our wandering began.
Because there was no place to leave our crap, we went back to the main train station and grabbed a locker. Afterwards, we grabbed some lunch at a italian place (we both got Löwenbrau Dunkel beers), which was good. Then we headed down to the main square (Marienplatz) and snapped a couple of pictures of the Neue Rathaus and the Glockenspiel. Then we headed to "The Residence", which was a palace of sorts of Bavaria. It was massive and had a cool exhibit of the crown jewels. We then headed back to towards the hostel, but we stopped at St. Michaels Church on the way and took a tour of the crypt. The crypt contained the remains of "Mad" King Ludwig II who was the dude that had the awesome castle built a bit south of here. It's the castle the Disneyland castle is based on. After that we headed back to the hostel and grabbed a quick (albeit craptactular) nap. Then we got up and headed for the English Gardens to watch the France/Portugal game. We ended up at the Chinese pagoda and grabbed some food an a liter of the house helle (light beer -- le sigh). After that we headed back to the hostel and called it an evening.
On to the next day (Day 13)...
We had these grand plans of getting up early and heading to Dachau in the morning followed by the english gardens. Of course they fell through because we over slept, but we finally did manage to wake up around 11ish, so we got ready to go to. We grabbed some pastries and hopped on the next train to Dachau. Talk about an uplifting experience -- if you did not take that as sarcastic, then you obviously are retarded. We walked around the grounds of the former concentration camp, which had a couple rebuilt barracks, a museum, a bunker, and the crematorium. It was a very eerie place. It was also strange that all german students are required to visit one of the camps. I'm glad we did it, but its not something I would like to do over and over again.
After spending about 5 hours there, we had to leave because they were closing the camp at 5pm. We grabbed the bus back to the train station and took the train back to München. Upon our arrival, we noticed that it was starting to rain, so the english gardens were out of the picture. So, we decided to go to the Höfbrauhaus instead, which is the most touristy beer hall here. We found a table and got a liter of the house Dunkel, which was alright. But it was cool with the bavarian band playing in the background. After finishing the beer and the food we ordered, we headed out. By now it was really raining, so we decided to head back to the hostel and grab some raingear. Yet on the way home, we were attacked by no fewer than thirteen lions, of course I killed most of them with my bare hands while Les cried in the corner. Lets just say that after all that work, I was really tired (and apparently Les cried so much that he got dehydrated and needed to lay down). So, basically we gave up on the evening and went to sleep.
We have one more day in Munich, and then we head to Nice.
And that's about all i've got to say about that.
Ted
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*** SENSE OF HUMOR WARNING *****
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If you do not have a sense of humor, and can't laugh at terribly offensive things...what the crap are you doing looking at our blog? Seriously...i'm sure fox news or the christian right websites are more up your alley.
Quote(s) of the day:
T: (After standing on the sidewalk for a noticably long time in Munich, I realized that the pedestrians were not getting green walking lights very frequently and that cars were typically getting the right of way). Hey Les...it's like pedestrians are like second class citizens here...(pause)...wait a minute...pedestrians are the new jews of germany!!!
- Note: Minus the mass murder and things of that nature. Other than that stuff. Identical.
T: (Sitting on the plane to Nice). Hey Les...I'm surprised they let pedestrians ride planes with everyone else.
Now as ghost ted, which from now on will be referred to as "ted", I shall continue. Ghost Les will be known as "nancy boy mc fancy pants" from now on out though.
After getting into Munich, we took the train from the airport to the Marienplatz train station, which unfortunately was the wrong station. We then walked to the central train station and found our hostel. Our hostel, which is the crappiest yet in my opinion, would not have our room ready till 3PM (and it was currently 10:30ish). So, our wandering began.
Because there was no place to leave our crap, we went back to the main train station and grabbed a locker. Afterwards, we grabbed some lunch at a italian place (we both got Löwenbrau Dunkel beers), which was good. Then we headed down to the main square (Marienplatz) and snapped a couple of pictures of the Neue Rathaus and the Glockenspiel. Then we headed to "The Residence", which was a palace of sorts of Bavaria. It was massive and had a cool exhibit of the crown jewels. We then headed back to towards the hostel, but we stopped at St. Michaels Church on the way and took a tour of the crypt. The crypt contained the remains of "Mad" King Ludwig II who was the dude that had the awesome castle built a bit south of here. It's the castle the Disneyland castle is based on. After that we headed back to the hostel and grabbed a quick (albeit craptactular) nap. Then we got up and headed for the English Gardens to watch the France/Portugal game. We ended up at the Chinese pagoda and grabbed some food an a liter of the house helle (light beer -- le sigh). After that we headed back to the hostel and called it an evening.
On to the next day (Day 13)...
We had these grand plans of getting up early and heading to Dachau in the morning followed by the english gardens. Of course they fell through because we over slept, but we finally did manage to wake up around 11ish, so we got ready to go to. We grabbed some pastries and hopped on the next train to Dachau. Talk about an uplifting experience -- if you did not take that as sarcastic, then you obviously are retarded. We walked around the grounds of the former concentration camp, which had a couple rebuilt barracks, a museum, a bunker, and the crematorium. It was a very eerie place. It was also strange that all german students are required to visit one of the camps. I'm glad we did it, but its not something I would like to do over and over again.
After spending about 5 hours there, we had to leave because they were closing the camp at 5pm. We grabbed the bus back to the train station and took the train back to München. Upon our arrival, we noticed that it was starting to rain, so the english gardens were out of the picture. So, we decided to go to the Höfbrauhaus instead, which is the most touristy beer hall here. We found a table and got a liter of the house Dunkel, which was alright. But it was cool with the bavarian band playing in the background. After finishing the beer and the food we ordered, we headed out. By now it was really raining, so we decided to head back to the hostel and grab some raingear. Yet on the way home, we were attacked by no fewer than thirteen lions, of course I killed most of them with my bare hands while Les cried in the corner. Lets just say that after all that work, I was really tired (and apparently Les cried so much that he got dehydrated and needed to lay down). So, basically we gave up on the evening and went to sleep.
We have one more day in Munich, and then we head to Nice.
And that's about all i've got to say about that.
Ted
*************************************
*************************************
*** SENSE OF HUMOR WARNING *****
*************************************
*************************************
If you do not have a sense of humor, and can't laugh at terribly offensive things...what the crap are you doing looking at our blog? Seriously...i'm sure fox news or the christian right websites are more up your alley.
Quote(s) of the day:
T: (After standing on the sidewalk for a noticably long time in Munich, I realized that the pedestrians were not getting green walking lights very frequently and that cars were typically getting the right of way). Hey Les...it's like pedestrians are like second class citizens here...(pause)...wait a minute...pedestrians are the new jews of germany!!!
- Note: Minus the mass murder and things of that nature. Other than that stuff. Identical.
T: (Sitting on the plane to Nice). Hey Les...I'm surprised they let pedestrians ride planes with everyone else.
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