Adventures in Munich

I am sort of regretting putting Istanbul as my final destination. I have eaten at least 1 Turkish Kabob everyday for the last month. It’s usually all I can afford because the dollar is so stinky right now. Let’s see if Obamaman can help me out with that. I’m afraid that by the time I make it to turkey I’ll be all Turkeyed out. Doner Kabob spots should exist in the states, it would make a killing. I find myself counting calories (actually joules over here), but not counting them the way most people would. I’m counting to make sure that I’m not going to pass out from being famined on my long walks to interviews or sightseeing.
Most of my time spent in Germany I spoke Spanish. That’s right, Spanish not German. The coolest people that I have met in the hostel crowds in the past couple countries, I’ve been hanging out with three Argentinean girls for the past couple days. Their English is bad so its pretty comical watching them flounder along in Deutschland. It’s a language barrier that had one of them order a glass of wine instead of pork knuckle. We all have similar itineraries so Ill run into them again soon. Maybe Buenos Aires is the next world destination?? We all went through Englisher Garten and hung out with a flock of sheep and an extremely drunk local who was manning the sheep yesterday. He had the easiest job of sitting under the trees and barking orders at his dog to do all the work. When the herd moved away from him he would get up, curse a little bit for having to move, gather up all his beers and then find a closer tree. I think that Munich tries to trick all the tourists because they have put up an arch just like the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Oh and don’t travel to Munich for the Coo Coo Clock. It’s really unimpressive and there were hundreds of people with their video cameras waiting in sheer anticipation shushing people that might deter them from their Coo Coo Clock experience. Anyways, life has been good and Germans are also very fun and nice people.
Bavaria might be my favorite place that I have visited so far. It helps that I have some new friends and that I met up with old friends. Mike Wendell came down from Vienna to meet myself and couple people from his home town. We did all the Biergartens and it was nice to catch up and remember old times.
I have a night train to Venice tonight so we’ll see how that goes. Unfortunately I’m always asleep on the train rides so I miss all the country side and then become completely surprised when we arrive. I’m kind of disappointed that this next ride is going to be a night train because I’m passing through southern Germany, Austria and then hitting Italy. Probably a beautiful ride that’ll just look like the inside of those sleep covers for your eyes to me. I’ve also finished 2 books so far on the trip, Angels and Demons and A Confederacy of Dunces. Next I have Pillars of the Earth so we’ll see how far I can make it into that novel and a half before the train puts me to sleep.
Adios/Tschuss