Schnellbahnnetz

We're here in Munich! The flight was easy and only an hour and twenty minutes in the air. Then we took the Schnellbahnnetz to downtown Munich and it let us off 3 blocks from the hotel. The train was really nice; very fast, quiet and clean.

I can blog because the hotel has dsl in the room, yay. But... the room! It's like a parody of Bavarian design only it's real. I'll have a panorama of the whole suite later but here's a photo of the bed in the meantime. John loves it. It feels a little Disneylandish to me.

When we got off the train and went up the stairs to the street there was the Rathaus. Spectacular. Then while walking to the hotel we passed a guy playing the accordian. It's like we're in another country!

My First German Meal

So, last night we had dinner at one of the hotel restaurants and it was such a dive that I was kind of upset. John said that it's meant to be that way; it's imitating a Bavarian beer hall. Um..... ok. Well, I hate beer but the food looked good. One thing they did have which was amazing was... soft pretzels! Ever since I lived in Philadelphia I've adored soft pretzels and not a lot of places have them. This restaurant had a basket of them on the table in place of bread. OMG. I somehow managed not to eat the whole thing. Here's a photo of John's pork. Keyword: heavy. I had something similar and it was delicious.

Comments

[Angel S.]

That bed is just too cool for words! I can't wait to live in England & be so close to the rest of the civilized world where they feed you giant bread & potatoes!

[Glenda]

Oh my... I'm really craving a soft pretzel now. I love them - those look delicious! I wondered how long it would be before some food pictures turned up. Thanks Jan!

[Linda]

So should I send you all pretzels or what? Linda in Philadelphia