Munich - Day 2

Well, this was our last day in Munich and Europe as a whole. We had planned to rent a car and drive down to see one of the castles in Bavaria, but Jason hadn't really gotten to do everything he wanted the day before so we decided to just stay in Munich instead. We slept in and then went and grabbed some breakfast before heading on the subway back to the BMW factory. Jason had wanted to buy something the day before, but the store closed before our tour was over. So he went back and got a cool BMW hat, then we headed to the English Gardens.

Now, I am not sure why they call them this. Jason said he thinks they are modeled after the types of parks they have in the UK? Not really sure though. The gardens are basically a big park with a beer garden in the middle with lots of yummy food. They also had a German band playing and the weather was heaven so it was really nice and relaxing. We ate some more delicious German food and beer and then walked through the parks for a bit and finally just laid on the grass and took a nap.

After that we went to the Haufbrau house. This is the big hall that every tourist that has ever gone to Munich goes to, but we are no different so we head that way. We had some refreshments, including more beer (I swear we do not drink this much on a regular basis for anyone who is concerned), and some seriously delicious apple strudel. Then we headed back to the hotel. We had to pack since we were leaving the next day (sniff sniff).

The Munich airport is about the most secure place I have ever been. We had to show our passports like five times. First to get our bags checked and get tickets. Second at the security station where we also sent our bags through the xray. Third to some customs guy who let you in to the International gate section. Fourth another customs type person who gave you the forms you needed to fill out and fifth at the SECOND xray station where we sent our bags through. It is seriously secure. I felt safe.

On the flight home I watched The Golden Compass and 27 Dresses, neither of which I would highly recommend, and we caught a connecting flight in Chicago and got back in around 5:30 Saturday night. My friends Tamra and Michael were kind enough to pick us up and take us home, but not before a quick dinner at Chili's. I was CRAVing some chips and salsa. We slept so hard that night and Sunday we had a day of Mexican food, massages and Iron Man planned in case we got sad about being home.

The trip was seriously awesome overall, even with a few snags here and there. At first I was kind of ready to be home, but now I feel like I am already ready to go back. Oh well. It will be a long time before we take a trip like this again and I feel really lucky to have gotten to go in the first place. We don't have any trip plans in the future right now, which is honestly kind of unusual for us. Austin for ACL in September, but not sure that really counts since we aren't leaving the state. =) We will have to plan something for this summer!!