Maritim Hotel Munich

... live band and dancing - everything Bavarian. They had a huge beer garden as well. We got our first Hofbrauhaus liters that night to get us ready. So good. <br><br>The next morning Sonja made us a traditional Bavarian breakfast of white sausages and pretzel bread. She was leaving that morning to go up north to visit her boyfriend 7 hours away, but planned it so her friend Niklas would stay at her place. So we said our goodbyes and Brian and I got on the train to ...

... right as I write. And it is probably a good time for me to turn in as well. Munchin' has been an excellent host to two Canadians for the past few days. We'll see if Ibiza is similarly accommodating! Somehow, I suspect that it will lack some of the personality, charm, and welcoming of this age-old city. Then again, it will have another personality distinctly its own, and I'm sure what it may lack in majesty, it will more than make up for with flat-out good times. I'll be sure to let you know!

... We munch on our pretzels and figure out which campground we are going to go to. We enjoy our beers, but find it hard to understand how some of these men can sit and have 2, 3 or more, of the 1 litre beers, in the afternoon. Each mug is about $10. so they are not cheap beers. Their income must reflect their ability to purchase.<br><br>We head off to the campground just down the road. It is quite big, we set up, have ...

... fine, but I never saw anyone checking. Lottery ticket booths in Romania would be out in the open street with all the tickets in the open and manned by some elderly person. In North America someone would run away with them all. Maybe someone does rob them, but I would think it doesn't happen often or they wouldn't be out there.<br><br>-always have loose change as you have to pay to use most washrooms. However the attendent keeps them very clean and stocked of ...

... with Kyle's host family because I got to see more of what German life is really like, which I wouldn't have gotten if I'd stayed in a hostel. Also, I got to see a lot more of my little bro. All in all Munich is a beautiful city (aside from being a little kitsch) and the people are great. They are all very friendly which is a change from Parisians. It was a wonderful place to start my amazing winter vacation!

... wave. The surfers jump onto it, surf for about 30 seconds, wipe out then the next one jumps on. Then they join the line again. They are fully decked out in wetsuits and surf shoes. Then we passed the nude beach, not really a beach as a river bank but I guess when you're an inland country the word 'beach' gets slightly skewed. The nude part wasn't all that great, only really old men were completely nude and only really old ladies had their tops off ...

... James and Ben from the UW, as well as tons of other locals and tourists that we met at the tents. After the first weekend at Oktoberfest, it calmed down a lot during the day. You could walk into any tent and easily find a table until about 4pm but after there, it was as packed as usual. On day three, it was about the same story as the previous days. We met tons of people, danced on tables, sung songs whose words we didnt know(yeah, hey, blah blah, yeah, hey....) and generally had a ...

... la primera a las 4 de la tarde hora Argentina, y despues ya ni se, venis con muchas horas sin dormir. El segundo vuelvo de Roma a Munich buenisimo, en un avion Express, ni idea cual, (ah el primero fue un 777), que estaba como el los colectivos, una fila de uno, y una fila de dos. Estaba en una de uno, no muy mala, pero apenas despego, haciendole caso a mi padre, me fui a una de dos donde podia estar totalmente estirado. Ahi me volvieron a dar de comer y en menos ...

... nice suburb. The other houses had Christmas lights up and decor in the garden. TV in Germany has not changed though - still all in German but now at least there's CNN and MTV. Lake Starnberger , I found out later is a favourite place of Princess Sissy and there is an old hotel which she used stay. I took a nice little walk around the neighbourhood and even pictures of the Lake on one of the train stops to Munich.

... views over the surrounding countryside. The tour through the castle took us around the areas that were finished before the mysterious "death" of King Ludwig. King Ludwig who built the castle was a fan & personal friend of Wagner and based his castle on his music, he even hired a set designer to be the architect. He was so obsessed with building the castle that he bankrupted bavaria and was removed from the throne. The castle itself was spectacular but the tour ...