Münich

Last Weekend in Janurary

We woke up and took the train at 10:12 . The first part of the train was only 2 hrs, I slept most of the way. We switched trains in Zurich, where Greg and I split a Kebab, which was of course AMAZING and totally worth the 10 Euros. Finally after our 5hr connection we were in Munich! I immediately spotted a Starbucks and ran to get a coffee! The walk to our hostel, 4-U-Munchen, was less than a minute, which was so convenient. We got there around 6pm; the hostel was nice except for the awful STENCH coming from our room. There were 8 of us in a 12-bedroom room; there were 2 people in there already sleeping. One of them was Claudia from Brazil, and the other was Dylan from Australia. So we started to get ready for the night then headed downstairs for happy hour in the bar in our hostel. The “special” was a combination of 2 dark beers, 2 light beers, 2 wheat beers, and 2 shots of jager for 9.90 Euros! I started with a liter of beer and decided to hold off on the special until the next night. After happy hour we bundled up and headed out in the snow. We walked through the main plaza, past the glockenspiel to the Hofbräuhaus. When I walked it I was shocked! I knew it was a famous bar and all but I didn’t expect the hundreds people sitting at long tables eating bratwurst and chugging liter beers while singing drinking songs. It was so loud but I didn’t mind. The waitresses were wearing traditional bier garten dresses, and there were men and women dressed in authentic German outfits dancing and playing instruments throughout the restaurant/bar. Once we sat down I ordered a liter of beer and a sausage/bratwurst looking thing, it came with extremely too much sauerkraut. I sat with Meredith (bama) and Scott introduced us to his 2 friends from tech that are studying in Munich, Bryant and Tommy. Bama and me rode black on the metro back to our hostel, where we took advantage of our happy hour bracelets. Around midnight Me Scott Bama Tommy and Bryant were the only ones in shape to hit the club. We walked about 5 minutes down the road to Club Neuram (video below).

It was huge and only cost 7 euros and we got a free drink when we walked in. There were 3 huge dance floors on different levels. We danced the whole night. Around 4 am we left the club and walked to the kebab and pizza place above it and enjoyed an amazing kebab! Finally returning to our hostel around 4:30 am. Next morning we grabbed some toast and oj from the hostels free breakfast. We set out for sight seeing soon after. First stop was a beautiful church with a big clock on the top of its bell tower. Just around the corner was the GLOCKENSPEIL. It was absolutely gorgeous. We lucked out and happened to be standing right in front of it when the clock hit noon. Bells started chiming and towards the top of the glockenspiel the figures started dancing and moving in a circle (like a coo coo clock) in and out of the building. Next we climbed up all 26 flights of stairs to the top of St. Peters Church! The view was breathtaking, I could see for miles and miles; the whole town of Munich! After seeing all the famous buildings and churches we ventured around town and ran into “joy of sex” shop and multiple bier garten dress shops. Around 4pm we met up with Bryant and he took us to the BMW museum! I was in HEAVEN! They had all the new models on the main floor along with a bunch of interactive things to try out. I built my dream car and virtually test-drove it. They also had all the engines lined up which was pretty cool. We were all hungry and tired by this point. The boys went to a bar to watch the Milan futbol game and the girls got subway and headed back to the hostel to rest up for the night. We decided to dress up all sassy and head to another club, this time with everyone. The club was packed, this one was much more classier than the night before. We danced the whole time. On the way home I was struggling in my heels. Cobble stones+snowyice+liquor do not mix! Lets just say it took a lot longer then expected. The next morning we hopped on a train to Dachau, the first concentration camp instated in Germany during the Holocaust. It was an experience I will never forget. Seeing the crematoria, gas chambers, and bunkers close up were horrifying. After a few hours we headed back to the train station and back to Lugano. This was the first time our whole group had made it back together, which was a relief. I had so much fun in Germany I wasn’t ready to leave. We got home around 11pm, time for detox and sleep.