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Here we go!

On June 10th we depart for a two week cruise on the Danube River, starting in Germany and ending in Romania. We travel through twelve countries and visit 22 cities before we disembark. We are then on our own cross country via train to the Black Sea, Macedonia and northern Greece (Thessaloniki, Kavala and the island of Thasos. After that little jaunt we will spend the rest of our stay with Kathy's family in Athens.

Friday, June 11, 2010

OK, I'm still learning!!

I will limit myself to ten minutes of typing, plus downloading pictures. In the beginning this will probably take more like 30 minutes until I get organized. Do you really care?

Here we are in Munich, safe and sound after a non-eventful flight with very little sleep. Found the first biergarten at the airport and had a bier while watching people. Took the train to downtown and found the hotel...it's warm and we collapsed in the room and slept for about three hours. Then took a walk to the city center (named Marienplatz for a statue of the Virgin Mary which was moved to Munich in 1638 from Frauenkirche in thanks that the Swedes didn't sack the town during their occupation). Found another biergarten.
Met a delightful couple from Munich, Heidi and Peter, who sat down at our table in the Ratskeller restaurant and (another) biergarten (picture of us all with this post). He is a doctor, now retired, she a retired school teacher and cancer survivor, both 70 years old and married for 40 years. Neither their English or our German was very good, but we managed to converse for over two hours. It was fun. These two Germans had a very thoughtful and level headed view of the current state of the world, re: terrorism, immigration, European Union, America, Greece, budgets etc. Ate great little Nurnberger sausages and kraut (Dan) and schnitzel (Kathy). Back in our room with the fan on. Did I say the bier was great?


Tonight we sleep (I hope). Tomorrow we explore.
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2 comments:

  1. Ali77June 12, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    You spelled BEER wrong Dad....LOL! Kidding, I know that's how it is in German. I LOVE that you are doing this blog. Keep the pics coming and am loving the updates on where you go and what you do. Made a video of Corwin rolling over yesterday. I will send it to your email. Love you guys!!

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  2. UnknownJune 12, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    I envy you two! I was in Munich back in the summer of 1978. Great city...wonderful bier halls! I went to the Hofbrauhaus...the biggest beerhall in Munich. There was a great little bakery across the alley that made fresh hot pretzels to go with the beer. Have a great time! And keep posting!

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