St. Goar to Munich, Germany:
The sleeping bus...
During most of the drives, we were all able to sleep... some. When we were within 10 minutes of either our rest-stop or final destination, Jason would blare this:
....which haunts me still.
This was our clue to wake up and collect any trash we had produced during the drive and prepare to get off the bus.
Kind of a good idea though... but it reminds me of The Office episode "The Pavlov Altoid Theory"
Yaaay! More bus time! :\
GROSS spaghetti
The famous Munich soccer complex?
Apparently each of those tiles turn different colors...?
Here's the view from our hotel in Munich.
This was the nicest place we stayed! Pretty impressive!!!
OH! This is Timon.
Jason kept him in the front window of our bus so we would know we were getting on the right Contiki-bus (Contiki is HUGE over in Europe, and especially now, during the summer season, so there are quite a few buses that looked just like ours at many of our stops). Every time we entered a new country, we would stick a new flag down Timon's shirt. :)
Jason rocked the lederhosen.
Brave, brave man!
The NEW town hall...
(Made to look all ancient and Gothic-y.)
This town hall houses the "famous" Glockenspiel.
Here it is!
THE MOST OVERRATED TOURIST ATTRACTION IN THE WORLD!!!
Don't EVER, EVER-EVER-EVER-EVER go to Munich JUST to see the Glockenspiel.
The OLD town hall.
Marienplatz is the plaza the Glockenspiel is in.
"The Devil's Church"
The devil's "footprint."
(go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Frauenkirche if you want to know the story behind the footprint.)
:D
Do you know who he reminded me of?
any guesses?
...
:)
So, while everyone was watching the LAME Glockenspiel, I decided to watch them! :)
Yes, all of these people, from all corners of the earth... came to see that.
RIDICULOUS!
Op, yep, even more idiots.
Yikes.
Yikes.
Tight police cars in Germany.
The Hofbrauhaus
OH! So we went on an AMAZING bike-tour in Munich.
The guy that did the tour is from Texas, maybe mid-late 20s and HILARIOUS!
Pegasus
Here is a cool example of the scaffolding they put up in Europe around famous landmarks or tourist attractions. They have this sheer-sheet that looks like the building, which is covering the unattractive scaffolding while they do repair/conservation work on some of the old buildings.
Cool, eh?
site of Hitler's first propaganda speech in 1923
Rub it for luck?
(Then rub in hand sanitizer for health...)
"the Emcee box."
River surfing in Munich!
No participating, just viewing, but how cool!?
The most endangered species in all of Europe:
The trash can.
(No joke. THE HARDEST DANG THINGS TO FIND!!!)
Oh, AND...Munich is home to Oktoberfest.
Neat.
The bike-tour of Munich was probably one of my top 3 favorite things we did on the entire tour, so I think that's saying something of both the city and the tour guides. Well done!
Munich in one word: Beer. :|
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