Munchen Munchen Munchen

So we arrived in Munich aka Munchen at about 5pm. It was really easy to get to the hostel from the station...about 200m away. At this hostel we were in a room with 22 people so we knew it was going to be pretty interesting. The room smelt really bad at first but overall it was really clean and sleepable. This hostel, like many others, had a bar in it and a cool lounge where everyone hung out...so it was pretty cool. We met a girl from the Boston area and chilled with her for a little bit at the bar. Again, the whole days traveling wore us out so we didn't really hit the town.
The next morning we woke up for the free tour and once again, it was full of info and interesting stuff. We saw the famous Glockenspiel which is basically giant cuckoo clock that performs for about 15 minutes....(overrated), the popular beer gardens along with the history, Hitlers 3rd Reich (which was really interesting), Kristallnacht, the Frauenkirche and a ton of other stuff. During the tour we met a girl from Canada and we hung out with her the majority of the time and we planned on meeting her for dinner. She was traveling alone so we decided that we would keep her company. She actually does couchsurfing, which is where you sign up to a facebook-like site and ask people if you can sleep on their couch for free. This really got us thinking that we should give it a shot, so we will see if we can pull that off by the end of the trip.
That night we went to a place a few blocks down from the hostel and we both had scnittzle for the 2nd time on the trip. Its just so good, once it hits your lips you can't get enough of it. Restaraunts over here are extremely different than at home. First of all, there are no chain restaraunts, we have only seen 2 TGIFridays the whole trip (which is a good thing). Second of all, everyone smokes in them and it almost ruins your meal when some lady is suckin in a ciggie and then she coughs up her black lung on to your lap. Lastly, we still have no idea how to tip. People have told us not to tip 20% but a little less, so we basically just throw whatever we have in our pockets down. side note: one restaraunt we went to which was fairly nice had 3 dogs in it (1 was a pitbull) and they were bumpin' Biggie and 50Cent .
The next day is the first day we both split up. Yes its true, we went our own ways for once in the trip. Clint went to the BMW museum and I went for a run around the Munich Olympic Village and made periodic stops to check out the sights. The village was cool, I got to see the track that everything was ran on, the soccer field, the pool where Spitz swam in, the building where the Munich Massacre was and a bunch of other cool sights around the area. It was a nice day for a run too. The BMW museum was right acorss the street so we met up right afterwards. Clint posted a ton of pictures on the site.
For dinner we went to this pub and got an all you can eat stew with a beer for 6 Euro. The stew had everything in it sausages, carrots, peas, hotdogs, potatoes, croutons and some other good stuff. Didn't look that appetizing but it was really good. We both had 3 bowls and were stuffed for the remainder of the night (5 was the record). The bartender was really cool, we talked about his marketing strategies the whole time and he was really funny. Afterward, we hung out at the hostel lounge for a little bit and then went to the Hofbrahhaust to get a drink. Munich is known for its beer gardens and Oktoberfest and we just missed Oktoberfest which was unfortunate, but the hostels were all sold out and hotels were rediculously expensive. Anyways, the beers were gi-normous and surprisingly tasty. They give you a liter so the mug was bigger than our faces. We also got a delicious pretzel to chomp on. It was really good and not too expensive. The place had huge picnic like tables with people just drinking beers. Something you don't see too much of in the States. We head to our friend from Austria, Isabella's, house next...Ciao.