Bavaria, the land of Lederhosen

My last night in Florence was great. I realized that I was leaving the best place in the world to get gelato so I decided the only way to fix that was to have two gelatos for the day. I would have had three if I wasn't in such a hurry to catch my train after dinner. I found a hill to climb up and have a wonderful view of Florence during sunset. I'll add more pictures to the Florence link.

The night train from Florence to Munich wasn't as comfortable as my last one. I didn't sleep to well but it still is nice to wake up in a new city. After getting off the train I stowed my big bag in a locker and went off blindly into Munich. It was very chilly this morning and I was glad to have a hat and gloves with me. Munich is pretty much flat and not hard to get around. I didn't use any of the public transport and just walked around today.

Munich has one of the largest city parks in Europe, the English Gardens, and they were great to walk around in in the morning. This is also the park that is well known for the nude sunbathing but nobody was out today. I also walked past the Glockenspiel around 8 in the morning when no one was there and came back at 11 when it goes off and the square was packed with tourists. I must say I wasn't too impressed with the Glockenspiel but it was neat.

For lunch, I got a good tip from somebody that works for a bike tour company in Munich. It turns out the famous Hofbrauhaus has a lunch special under 5 euro. It was some sort of potatoe and cheese soup with some meat and potatoes for the entree. It tasted pretty good especially washing it down with a nice Hofbrauhaus beverage.

I made it to Landshut this afternoon and Mirjam picked me up from the train station and brought me to her home. It really has been great how the families I've stayed with have been so helpful and nice. It makes traveling so much easier when you stay with a local. Later, I went with Mathias for a bagel snietzel (sp?) at a restaurant in downtown Landshut, pretty tasty and cheap. Well off to planning for tomorrow, I just found out that the A380 (super big passenger jet plane) will fly into the Munich airport tomorrow afternoon. I'll post some pics of it if I see it. Auf Wiedersehen.

Munich and Landshut