Mercure Hotel Munchen Neuperlach Sud (Ex-Novotel) Munich

... how many drunk people were wondering about. I knew it would be a lot but not this many! I can say, the ambulance was busy. We either had to watch where we were walking because of all the broken glass or look up and make sure no one would run into us. I did have one run-in though. We didn't stay long, but interesting to see what it is like at night. <br><br>I would have to say, everyone should experience Oktoberfest at least once, but there is an awful lot ...

... grate walkway around a jutting cliff, right over the raging water. Cool!<br><br>But, this also left us in a bind with the transportation schedules, our first real problem of this kind. We opted to call a taxi in order to avoid a short 5 minute gap between our bus arriving, and train leaving Fussen. The driver was of apparent Italian descent, at least partly, and I wouldn't be surprised if his name was Mario Andretti. The 9.80 Euro fair was ...

... one built by the Wright Brothers in 1909. There were faily large section of a Boeing 707. An actual V1 rocket stood on the main floor and poked all the way up through the ceiling 4 stories above. An actual V1 flying bomb hung from the ceiling. There were at least half a dozen helicopters, including a Sea King. You could climb up on the F-104 Starfighter and look in the cockpit. It just went on and on. <br> In the basement were massive ...

... to be hiking and running into cows with big bells around their necks! You could here these dull bells clanging all around the base of the hike.The hike was a lot steeper than I thought and it was pretty tough. I miss my hiking poles! It took me around 2 hours 20 minutes to get to the top and I was so sore and dehydrated by that time! The one thing that I love about Germans is that they are the only people out there to put a BEER garden on the top of a mountain. The Lowenbrau flag was ...

... with a German slant, says dad-- a pizza with an umlaut!) This morning we did our shopping among the masses (again! The problem with having the half holiday on Monday and full holiday on Tuesday is that the only opportunity to do your shopping is on Monday morning, as the stores are closed all other times...). We then went castle hunting. After not quite finding the first 3, we figured out that the castle signs on the map were not actually marking castles. They were ...

... us which major city we were flying over, in both german and english, and it was like a geography lesson. We all found it very amusing. I guess it was like the auto pilot made his job too boring and he had to show off his geography skills. All was fine and he informed us of the great view we would get of London as we passed over it and then we were in final landing preparation in fact ...

... ironed clothes! Everyone dresses very well and it seriouslly looked like their clothes where perfectly ironed or something... so I felt a bit out of place in my crumpled unmatching travel clothes.....oh well.... That night the three of us went and had a traditional Bavarian dinner at some beer garden....which of course was delicious! Had this great roast pork dish with potato dumplings and some cabage thing and of course lush rich gravy...mmmmmm...Oh my ...

... were carted so they could be cremated. Following that there were constructions that looked a bit like sinister woodfired pizza ovens. Not a very ceremonious cremation at all. Unfortunately I don't have any photos of Dachau, because I forgot to take my camera that day! Sonya has the photos that I took on her camera and will email them to me later so I can add them to the travelpod. Munich isn't all doom and gloom though: I went to the Deutsches Nationalesmuseum, (you should be able to do ...

When we got to Munich I tried to locate Mandy but she was a no-show. While we were looking through the crowds for her, a lady approached us and offered us a room at her place for 85 euro per night. We were happy with that offer and followed her to her place on the city train. When we got there I gave her the 100 euro I had remaining in my pocket, then we went to the nearby bank machine to get more, as we wanted to stay two nights. The bank ...