Müchen Germany

03Jun07

Mûchen Germany 16 – 18 mai.2007

Mode of Transport: AirBerlin.Status upon Arrival: Satisfied because of the sandwich they served on the plane

The first backpack swing with Stephon, our destinations Müchen Bavaria and Praha Czech Repubic. Müchen was different and more similar to Canadian standards on cleaniness and efficiency, something which is lacking in France. It’s what the Germans are stereotypically known for in Europe, and it’s something I miss from Canada. On arrival the people were helpful and not the least bit annoyed with questions. We were pointed in the right direction and made our way to central station. For a city of 1.3 million the city was quite calm and relaxing. The weather wasn’t so great, mostly cloudy and rainy for the time we spent there. We wandered the quartiers, and had a chance to visit one of the concentration camps turned musée. Kind of made me feel sick. The photos they had up were extremely graphic, and the short film was disturbing. To think that these type of things are still happening in the world today…

We stayed with a fellow couchsurfer Norberto and had a whole living room to ourselves. What a great host, Bavarian breakfast and all! This interesting character of Porteguese origin from Luxembourg, now working in Müchen was the best couchsurfing host I’ve had, by far! Of course with no disrespect to the others, they were great too! When we first arrived, we were treated with a wonderful pasta dinner, and had the pleasure to talk to a local Müchener over a tall glass of red wine. Talk about hospitality. Müchen was great and we met some cool people, but by the end of our short stay we were eagerly awaiting the action of Praha. With an early morning getaway, we packed up the backpacks and headed for the road.

My Müchen highlights

1. Our wonderful host and delicious bavarian breakfast 2. Centre-ville sights and views 3. And the helpful people of Mûchen from the young beautiful lady who gave us tips on the nightlife to the old man who approached us at JosephPlatz offering to lend us a hand.

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