My awesome cousin Anne was getting married to an equally awesome Sebastian in Munich and that's more than reason enough to go there. The initial plan was then to stick around Europe afterwards until school started in August, but mini anxiety attacks were telling me I needed to go back to Cincy first and enjoy the summer there before I left :) Of course once in Europe, it'd be a shame to not travel around a little...
*5 Days in Munich*
My first time in Munich and had always wanted to go. For my first night here, Anne had insisted I stay with them even though they were in the midst of planning a wedding <3. I got in around 10 and since Anne wouldn't be finished with work til 4:30, I took one of those Free Walking Tours to get my tourism on. 3 1/2 hours of cool information and walking around the city, as well as making friends with Mandisa, a fun South African :) Churches, monk history, Nazi history, brewery history, we got it all.
Met up with Anne and after dropping off my baggage and enjoying drinks on her terrace, met up with their friends for dinner (had the most giant schnitzel ever) and went to a concert. Of course wonderful people have wonderful friends ;) Having flown in that day after 13 hours of travel, I felt a little wobbly at the concert and my eyes kept wanting to close despite the good show. We came home around midnight and I crashed hard.
As true Bavarian style, Anne and Sebastian made sure to have Weisswurst and pretzels for breakfast. Nom. Bring on the high caloric food. I'm on vacation.
Headed to my CS host (Patrick)'s place, who showed me a fantastic time in Munich with his friends. First day we lounged at the English Gardens, met up again with Anne and co. at a biergarten, then headed to a bar and a student party. ..it was a 5 am kinda night. Haven't done one of those in a while.
...Except then again the next night: Anne and Sebastian's wedding celebration (they had gotten officially married on the Zugspitze, the highest point in Germany). Got to see and catch up with my family that I hadn't seen in a while, meet cool people, and danced the night away until, you guessed it, 5 am. When I headed back to Patrick's, it was already surprisingly super light out. Helped me not getting lost.
For the friends and family that were still around the next day (and weren't still recovering), brunch was held at noon. I felt half alive at that point. Headed back for a much needed nap before meeting up with people again for dinner, the last of the wedding related festivities :) After another typical Bavarian meal (Schweinsbraten with sauerkraut and knoedel), we topped it off with a couple of beers and called it a night.
The next morning I was able to meet up with Michael, my brother, who I hadn't seen in a couple of years! Every other weekend he flies back home to Hamburg after working in Augsburg and taking the train to Munich, so we met at the train station and caught up over breakfast and drinks.
This was definitely a family-filled vacation and I loved that I got to see so many of my relatives in such a short time. I don't get that opportunity a lot (yay for weddings). Hopefully once I'm in France, I'll be able to visit them more, and likewise, hope they'll come visit me.
Patrick took me to the bus station and just as the bus was about to take off, Anne shows up on the bus! She had come to deliver shot glasses that they had engraved for the wedding that not all the guests had gotten. Super sweet of her, I can't believe she did that <3
So now I'm on my way to Paris on a 13 hour bus ride (ooy). Get to see Kim again and take care of some business for school while I'm there. Then it's off to Italy for 9 days! More updates to come :)
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