Thoughts on Munich, part 1

- I love flying to Europe because I always sit next to the most interesting people. (When I flew to Austria, I sat next to a Norwegian man who told me that the Norwegian government ate the reindeer from the movie "Prancer".) Today I sat next to Christian, an Austrian gunsmith. Yes, the dude is a craftsman who makes guns. He said that he thought it was a stereotypical profession for a European. I was like, what??? He was fun, though. We had a long conversation about Native American reservations and policy because he'd just visited a reservation while in the U.S., and then we both laughed about the fact that there was something called "Humperdinck" on the plane's music selection. He offered me the piece of cheddar cheese from his snack plate because he knows Americans like it and he was worried that it would be difficult to find in Bavaria, and expressed his love of Nature Valley granola bars (also on the snack plate).

-I watched "The Town" on the plane, unfortunately 24 hours too late to be useful at trivia on Tuesday night. I also wanted to watch the Bundesliga program, but I fell asleep.

-Wine is still free on Lufthansa international flights! I was a good panda and only had one glass, but the lady ahead of me seriously drank like 7 glasses. I think she was a nervous flyer. Lufthansa also hands out warm hand towels a lot. Christian felt that the frequency of warm towels was ridiculous.

-We drove past the Bayern Munich stadium on the way from the airport!! It was very impressive. Franz (who asked to be called Peter, and hence will be referred to as such) suggested that I write a letter to the club explaining my limited stay in Germany to try and get tickets, as all the games are sold out for months. I think I'm going to try it.

-The bungalow is super cute, and fully equipped, including a fruit basket and post-it notes. So I'm not starving, despite the state holiday. And I have sheets and towels and toilet paper and even an iron! Plus we got complimentary messenger bags from Ludwig-Maximilians University.

-And, I already ate a krapfen!! We went to a bakery for pastry and coffee, and I picked out a krapfen. It was very delicious. The bakery also had some kind of cookie (?) that appeared to have a marzipan pig in a bathtub on it. I might have to try one of those next time.

-There are at least 4 bakeries within a 5 minute walk of the bungalow. This is so bad for my health.

-The city slogan of Munich is, "Munich loves you." I think I'm going to like it here.

Besooooooooos!