Sunday, October 28, 2007

Munich and Salzburg

On Saturday We were up at 5am to take a cab to the airport! The line was so long to check in! So we checked in and went through security and on the other end I felt something dragging, my underwear! How embarrassing! Mom thought it was hilarious! We got on the plane and got into Munich and then took another train to the center. We could NOT figure out the stupid German train tickets, so we scalped tickets off some people (yeah Boston!!!). We met Lorna and it was soo nice to see her! So we went to her hostel to drop off her bagsand then went to the Glockenspiel show, it was a joke, but we got hot coco and went to Dachau which was really nice. I had been to concentration camps before, but they hadn’t. We went through a museum that was really long! But it was good! After that we came back and hung out and went to Hard Rock which was good! We also went to the Hofbräuhaus Beer Hall which was happening! Sadly, we had to leave and take a train to Austria. The train ride was fine and we took a cab to our hotel and the people were so nice! I felt like royalty checking in! The room was really cute too! I took a shower and did Internet and passed out! On Sunday we were up early and the hotel breakfast was great. We went on the sound of music tour which was really nice. We were able to see the houses where it was filmed and the gazebo and the church. After that we came back to relax and then went out shopping, but most things were closed. We did see a very pretty sign for a McDonalds. Then we went to the train station to get tickets for tomorrow and then we went to dinner at another beer hall, Auguftiner Brau, but just got snacks. It was sketchy to get there. It was kind of down a dark alley, but it was cool to go to. On the way back we thought we were taking the right bus, but all of a sudden we found ourselves in the ghetto of Salzburg, ALONE! Everyone had gotten off the bus, except for the bus driver of course, who ONLY spoke German! (this sounds familiar, Ancona?) So we tried to tell him that we got on the wrong bus and asked him nicely not to leave us in the ghetto of Salzburg to be murdered, and we somehow managed to understand he did the same loop back! So we finally made it back to safely! On Monday we decided to sleep in a little and we went to breakfast in the hotel. We took our time getting ready and packing which was nice! And then we went shopping! I got some cute shoes and leggings! (Dad keep working hard!!) Then we got a cab to the train station and had some Burger King for lunch! It never tasted sooo good! We got on our train for Munich and it was so nice! We wanted to go somewhere further than an hour and a half because it was like we had our own little apartment! We could lie down and shut the door and it was so quiet! So anyway we got back to Munich and went to our hotel which was nice! Then, a challenge was bestowed upon us. Scott had wanted a soccer jersey, so we went out around 5:30 to find the one he asked Mom to get. However, when the store clerk showed us, mom didn’t think it was right. The store closed in an hour, so we ran back to the hotel to get on the internet to get the email Scott sent to mom with the correct jersey! But, someone was on the computer! How dare they! So we asked for the closest not sketchy internet café! And we ran! I was in charge of maps and we found the place and got online! Good thing we did because the jersey the man showed us was not, I repeat, was NOT the jersey Scott wanted! (at this point we were pretending we were on amazing race, so we made a game of it) So we printed out the picture and asked the internet man where we could find it! He pointed down the street, and we ran some more! We made it to a sports store and asked the man if he had the shirt, and thankgoodness, he did! Success! We went to Hard Rock Café (obviously) and then went back to the hotel to pack because Tuesday we were off to Amsterdam! But, the hotel told us the train people were going to be on strike, which would mean we would have a very hard time getting to the airport! Fortunately, they changed their strike day to Thursday..suckers!!

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