YES!, most definitely yes, it's worth the 20 euro!

Trip Start Jun 05, 2006

Trip End Aug 01, 2006

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Well, so yesterday, we did end up going to the Van Gogh Museum--and it was pretty awesome. Learned a considerable amount about Van Gogh's life and influences and to see how he developed as an artist was pretty cool. I didn't realize he had epilepsy, which also lead to hallucinations and that debacle with cutting off his own earlobe. Anyway, after that trip into the life of a brilliant, troubled man, we went out and chilled for a bit in this really cool park, where there were all these kids and dogs playing in a big public fountain. Then it was time to see about some foodstuffs, so we headed to this place we'd scouted out before...a rice and noodle takeout place called Wok to Walk. Clever, eh? Well, I still have dreams of one day opening up my own Asian fusion place called Wok on the Wildside. Only time will tell whether I'll one day realize my dream. And don't none a yous take my idea neither!

So we took our delicious grub and backpacked our way to the train station to hop on the overnight train to Munich and conduct an experiment on human priorities

another pretty pretty building

. Result: worst night of sleep ever. First, I started feeling worst after a full day of walking around doing touristy stuff, and then they didn't turn the lights off in the main cabins until around 12:30. And then it got really cold and I couldn't figure out a good way to wedge my feet up against the chair in front of me till I got a shirt out of my pack and used it as a pillow, and that seemed to make the difference. I found that sleeping in a chair that reclines about 20 degrees, the best thing to do is slouch really low, with your head turned about 520 degrees to the right, with some sort of improvised pillow under it, and then the legs should be tied in a bowline knot to the chair in front of you. Well it felt like that when I "woke up" this morning, ready and raring to hit the Munich streets. Actually, like a true sap I crashed for a couple hours on a couch in our new hostel, which , by the way, is really awesome, and filled with kids doing exactly what we're doing.

Jon, who isn't sick, and Jill and Kelly, who apparently had a GREAT night of sleep, came back from a two hour walkabout in the city, and at around 10:30 roused me up to go on this free 3 hour walking tour of the city. And man am I glad for it. Jon and I agree that this is our favorite place to date. The city is absolutely gorgeous, and carefully restored from all the WWII bombing to maintain that gothic city impression, while still seeming modern and clean. It's really cool, and once again it's a GORGEOUS day! And there's all kinds of festivities since it's like the city's 800th birthday or something. Anyway, hopefully tomorrow we'll be able to go to Dachau to see the concentration camp there, which should be a really poignant visit, without a doubt. Well, that's all for now. I have been able to add a few pictures to the old albums, so check em out. Take care all.

Ciao for now,
Matt