Munich Thus Far...

Jeni and I finally arrived in Munich the morning of October 6th. Unable to sleep on the plane, we ended up being supremely jetlagged once we were out of the airport and on the train to the city centre. We arrived at our hostel at noon, but could not check in until 2pm. Our plan was to try and stay up until 8 in the evening...we made it until 3pm. We wandered around the Old Town and had some pork schnitzel for lunch to kill some time before check in.


We are staying at the Euro Youth Hostel here and it, so far, has exceeded my expectations of what a hostel would be like. The staff are super helpful, the rooms and showers are very clean and there is breakfast every morning for 3.90 Euros. Liking it!


Today J.Sak and I took a tour to Dachau, which is a town 15 minutes outside of Munich, where the first concentration camp of WWII was built. I am not usually a fan of tours...as I usually like blazing my own trail on my own timeline... but this tour was exceptional! Our guide was very well educated on the subject and provided a lot of interesting information that we probably would not have known otherwise. Yesterday it was 25 dgrees, warm and sunny....today, rainy, gloomy and 6 degrees. I froze my ass off...

I am running the Munich Half Marathon this coming Sunday. It is my first half marathon and I have been training since February to run this kind of race! I am very excited about it and today we headed down to the Olympic Park to collect my race package and see the race expo. Free Powerade, good deals on running gear and an all around exciting atomosphere. I am running on Sunday and I know a few people out there who are running marathons and half marathons in other places around the world this Sunday as well! Good luck to all you runners out there!! 

Well, my time is almost up on the hostel computer...and I am still feeling the effects of jet-lag...so hopefully this blog post was somewhat interesting...and now I am headed to bed. Tomorrow Jeni and I are hitting up a free walking tour around the city and attempting to make a reservations for the night train on Sunday...on to Amsterdam!