After the 'experience' of camping, which had to be done for at least one night purely because we had lugged a tent half way round Europe, we caught the train to Munich. The journey took around 4 hours through the beautiful Austrian alps, however in Germany of all places we were given a free tour of Bavaria by bus due to there being rail works on...

Munich-despite the heat- turned out to be a really fun city! The day after my last entry, I DID make it to the Hitler/3rd Reich tour and it was very interesting. It was meant to compliment the Dachau Memorial, a former concentration camp, but I didn't have time to make it to that tour! Let's see...most interesting fact I learned on that tour: I ...

We did not leave the heat and humidity in Austria. Munich is just as hot, and just as sticky. We arrived last night at about 8:30, it was nice at that point. Walking nearly a mile with The Backpack was not so nice. We found the hostel no problem, checked in, and went to the Italian place next door out of convenience. The prices were a tad bit hi...

Greetings from the beer capital of the world! I'm having an amazing time in Munich and have found so many things to love about this city. For one, the weather has gotten much better over the past few days (I didn't have to wear two pairs of pants today), the sun has been shining, and there hasn't been any rain! It's been really easy to find my w...