"Der Obere Wirt" zum Queri Andechs

Day 12. (written by Brian)



Today is the big day, Andechs!! We get
up around 8oclock so we can be ready for Uli and Simone by 10oclock.
We are just beginning to eat breakfast when they get there and they
tell us that the boat we are supposed to be taking for a ride across
the lake leaves at 11oclock, so St...

For my last day in Munich I headed out to Andechs Monastery. If you are thinking of doing a lot of travel around Bavaria, it's a good idea to get a Bayern Ticket. They only cost 20 euro for one person and 28 for up to 4 people on one ticket. You can go anywhere in Bavaria with a extra bonus of being able to go all the way to Salzburg in Austria ...

Trying to catch the 8:18 train, I didn't think I'd have time for breakfast since it was supposed to be served at 8. Luckily, it was available a little bit early, so I had time to guzzle some juice and cram down a sandwich (only one type of meat and cheese available today). I also grabbed a banana and a chocolate chip cupcake for the road, and in...

I can't believe I'm already writing about week three! Time has flown by! This week had new adventures including softball games, baseball games, soccer games, and great news. We'll start with the games because they're always fun. First: my games. On Saturday, the first team played the Karlsruhe Cougars. This was only my second weekend playing wit...

So when I left you last, I was in Prague, getting ready to go on the "Ghost Trail" tour that came with my day-time tour. It was amusing. Mostly ridiculous. The most entertaining part was when the guy that works for the company that puts on the masks and comes to scare us all almost got his **** kicked by some poor Prague-ster that happened to be...

Well I arrived safely in munich... I slept about 2 hours the whole flight and am currently running on those two hours plus the 3hrs 45mins from the night before... needless to saz I am good and tired(the germanz kezboard has the y where the z should be so the words maz be funnz but I am too layz to change that and it adds to the fun). The flight...

On a bit of a more relaxed pace than the past few, we spent today enjoying the good old German tradition of eating and drinking at a beer hall. Jim arranged for a friend to be the "sober driver" so we could all cut loose and have as many beers as we like. Mayu and I didn't need to get up quite as early either, since we didn't have to get down to...

I have been looking forward to this part of my trip now for about a year. I booked my hostel and had my plans to visit Oktoberfest solidified last November and to see it finally come to pass has been magnificent. I had huge expectations going into Oktoberfest and it has lived up to every one of them so far. I cant say enough about how cool this ...

I know I said that my next entry would be from Stuttgart and it is true that I am writing it there, but it is about the awesome city of Munich! This has been one of my favourite cities to date; on par with Berlin, however because of the company I have kept here in Munich, I think it is slightly in front. I have met this awesome chick from Georgi...

Deutschland - my first stop was in the university town of Freiburg. It turns out there was some sort of bicycle race and festival going on there that weekend so there were lots of food booths setup and musicians playing. I found me a place with crepes for cheap, so had to get a chocolate/banana one. Yum! I sat and listened to a jazz band amongst...