Friday May 17, 2013
At this point in the trip I have lost track of how many days we have been away. Today we started the day off with a super quick flight from Berlin to Munich. It was sad to leave Berlin, but so far I believe I will enjoy Munich much more.
The flight this morning was actually quite enjoyable and gave us a quick hour to catch up on our sleep. They even gave us chocolate hearts when we got off the plane!
Once we arrived to Munich we met with our new tour guide. He took us back to the hotel while pointing out so key attractions in Munich. The impression I got from Munich right off of the bat is that it is much more European than Berlin. It also seemed like it was a much more tourist based, which we later found out was true.
The walking tour was beautiful. We walked around the main part of Munich and saw many great churches and other attractions. Our meeting point for the day ended up being the glockenspiel, which was huge and very hard to miss. I loved all of the creatures that were on the outside of the building. Each one was very full of character and seemed to be different than the next one.
I had so many great pretzels to eat today! Not liking many of the German foods is becoming hard, but at least I love the pretzels. There was this adorable Pretzel place in the S and U Bahn station that I really want to try out. I also had a great beer at dinner. It was very light, which I love, and also tasted a bit like lemonade. Now I see why the Germans like beer and pretzels so much!
The media visit today was short, but very sweet. Isabella was very informative about the Munich Tourism Office, she even gave us some handy packets with loads of information inside! I found it very interesting that the Munich Tourism Office plans Oktoberfest. Another thing that interested me was that they were not allowed,, by the Munich law, to use Social Media. That is such a large part of the American business plan that it really blew my mind that they did not have any forms of Social Media.
Today was also a great day to relax. At this point of the trip I think everyone is starting to get very tired. Today I think I caught up on all of my sleep after dinner, so I should be ready to go for the rest of the trip!
Xoxoxo
Katie
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