Saturday, July 16, 2005

From Munich`s floor to Munich`s attic

Well we moved our base from sleeping on the floor in the Tent to sleeping on the 4th floor of a hotel near the train station.  In many ways, these two places are complete opposites:  the tent was huge and frigid, our hotel room is tiny and sweltering.  But I did get a good nights sleep and am feeling a lot better today.  Plus we get free breakfast with our hotel, which is always nice.  Yesterday, we toured the Munich art gallery.  No celebrity sightings this time, but it was still fun.  We also saw some of the other sights of Munich such as St.  Peter`s cathedral and the  large market area.  We`ve had plenty of beer and braut to aide in my recovery. 
Today, we toured the large museum here.  Massive amounts of stuff to see. We missed alot of it, but saw a few interesting exhibits.  The Pharmacy exhibit, featuring the history of certain medicines such as aspirin and birth control was our favorite. 
Also saw the ´´Chinese tower´´ which is a large 5 story gazebo surrounded by a beer garden.  Not a bad place to enjoy a 6 euro liter of beer.
And our second naked man sighting:
  This time it was a really, really old guy who bicycled past us, then rode into the grass, put down a towl, and striped down in front of the river. 
  He was old.
 
Tomorrow, we go to Frieburg, so that we are closer to Switzerland when we go there to meet another of Bethany´s exchange friends Rebecca, on Monday.