Salzburg was great and even though Will and Jordy didn't get to meet up with me, Jordy gave me a call and a tip about Mozart chocolate. The park was gorgeous and had some fun dwarfish statues, old Salzburg was the only place I have had a desire for a horse driven carriage ride (though I did not give in). I also had strawberry strudel, so now I have to have apple and cheese strudel when I go to Vienna. And schnitzel. Just when I thought I was safe from "Ciao, Bella"s, the owner of the cafe ended up being Sicilian and grabbed my camera to take pictures of the two of us together. Oh well.
Back in Munich I met Esther, Mark, and Tim from London and we went to a great beer hall where I had sausage and sauerkraut. Not my favorite, I ate leftovers this morning for breakfast. But I gave it a go. However, my asparagus soup was lovely. We had a couple more drinks at the hostel then went out to another bar. It is possible to have fun in Munich without drinking beer. But I do feel like I was missing out.
This morning I caught the free tour of Munich and I really do like the city. It was also interesting to hear about all the (mostly Nazi related) history. I didn't make it to Dachau, but I will for sure be back, if not just for Oktoberfest. But I could see myself living here. I was sold when I was caught looking at a group of punk kids (my age, really) who had cool hair and I thought they would never accept a normal looking girl like me, and then they started up conversation. I wonder if Berlin will impress me more. It really just matters which has the best uni for me (I am thinking of studying my PhD here) and actually, I would probably prefer to live close to a big city, but in a smaller village where English is not heard as often as Deutsch. However, Munich's position in Europe is a turn on, it is more central than Berlin.
It is funny that I am now assessing the cities I visit as places I would want to live or not.
A couple hours and I will be in some small city in south Deutschland visiting Jenn's uncle Stephan. I am so excited to be in a smaller city and to be visiting family, because that is what I consider Jenn and hers.
Congrats to all the FWBHS grads of yesterday, in particular my brother. Love you, proud of you.
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