Munich/Füssen, Day 4 (March 27th, 2009)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Day 4 began in a bit of a rush. We planned to take a ~2 hour train ride down to Füssen near the German/Austrian border to check out Neuschwanstein Castle and managed to stick to that plan, but were a bit sluggish after the previous night's festivities. As such, Karol ...

Munich: Day 3 (March 26, 2009)

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Day 3 began with a Third Reich tour that kicked off near the Rathaus. It was led by a British guy who had moved to Munich a year earlier and (appropriately) knew a lot about the Third Reich. The tour's first stop was next to the former Sterneckerbraukeller where Adolf Hitler ...

Munich: Day 2 (March 25, 2009)

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Day 2 began with the sounds of construction. Though I admit we slept in later than we probably should have (almost noon), adjusting to a new time zone is even harder when someone is pounding nails right outside your door. By now, most everyone else in our 8-bed room had ...

Munich: Day 1 (March 24, 2009)

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The next several posts are a daily account of my recent trip to Germany with my friends Karol and Adam. The trip spanned nine days (March 24 - April 1), and in those nine days we visited Munich, Füssen (day-trip), and Berlin. These posts are an elaboration of the notes ...