Did you know that Munich is pricey?

Left town on Thursday, went to Berlin, left Berlin on Friday, came to Munich, left Munich today, am now in Ruesselsheim. I took the bus to the train station, which sounds completely normal, except that I had 20 minutes from when the bus left my stop to getting onto the train. Well, somehow, it took 20 minutes to get to the train station. Ok, maybe 19, and then I ran and met up with the people I was riding with, and then found out that the train was 10 minutes delayed. I arrived into Berlin, met up with Russ, we had an incredible Vietnamese dinner, followed by wine and good conversation at a bar by his place.

I was kicked out of the apartment by 7.45am, because he or his housemate don't have an extra key. This actually turned out fine because I then took about an hour in half to just relax, and I started figuring out my characters for my book that I will be writing during November. The ride down to Munich went quickly, almost no traffic, but the occasional snow flurry (what?). The driver of the car was able to fit 7 of us comfortably and we talked for about half the trip. After arriving, I thought it would be nice to take a stroll in the English Gardens, but the snow and rain deterred me from staying very long. That night fell asleep around 9.30 because Dan and Andrea were coming the next day, and I was exhausted.

Meeting up with Andrea and Dan was quite joyful, per norm. We headed back to were were were staying, figured out that we would visit the Potato Museum and then see more museums because it was night of the long Museum. The Potato Museum did not meet our expectations, but was still pretty cool, a few rooms filled with information about potatoes. Then during the night of the long museums, which we payed 15euros and then got entrance into any museum until 2am. We went to the art museums and up the Olympic Tower, saw Munich at night.

I woke up earlier than Dan and Andrea on Sunday to go to church. It was a walk from the train station, and ended up being on the 5th floor of a building in the middle of the street. The service was nice, it was nice to have service in English. The priest was really nice, and asked what I was doing in Munich, invited me back, and gave me a year calendar. He also introduced me to the other Yankee at the service. We ended up going out for lunch afterwards. Then Dan and Andrea met up with me, and we went off to the German museums, where I learned about caves and science and other fun things like that. We ended up only having 2 hours there, which is enough for me. That night we stayed in and talked with one of the guys in the house. And then Andrea and went out for drink, decided that the restaurant we were at was too expensive, so we left and then bought a bottle of wine from the gas station (don't judge).

Monday was GRE day for Dan and Andrea. I walked around, found the theater we would later be visiting, found the used english Book store, and ate a cute little bakery. After the GRE, we went to the state opera where we saw a beautiful ballet. Our seats weren't the best, but we did get student prices, which always makes our wallets happy. Andrea is now a full ballet fan, and we both want to become ballerinas.

Dan went home today, Andrea and I did some touristy things, we saw the Glockenspiel, which is not nearly as cool as you expect it to be, but the tour guide next to us making fun of it made it more enjoyable, we went to breakfast with Patrick (the guy that I met at church) and then lunch with Robin (we stayed at his place, he was in Mallorca). And now we are here with Katy, which is really nice, because it is less expensive and also more relaxing.

Quote of the night: I am trying to convince Andrea to read the book I just read.
Andrea: I like short stories, I don't have to commit to them. Wow, this next one is 30 pages, it isn't that short.
me: Then commit (pointing at my book).
Andrea: No! I just want a one night stand!