Going to Munich
Dottie and I have been planning this trip since last fall. Now it's time to trust the plan and go! My friend Christi, who flew in from Orlando to see her mom, took us to the airport this afternoon. We caught a 530pm flight to Denver.
From there, we caught an 830pm flight to Munich Germany.
We arrived in Munich on Monday around 130pm Munich time (630am Wichita time). According to my fitbit, I got 2.5 hours of sleep. According to me, I got NO sleep. The plane was comfortable. The flight was smooth. The atmosphere was dark and quiet. The movie selection was plentiful (I watched Oppenheimer). The food was great (dinner was served about an hour after takeoff).
We were also served breakfast about 2 hours before landing. It was just difficult for me to sleep in a seat that doesn't recline well (even with a neck pillow). We landed around 130pm, then followed the crowd toward baggage claim and exit. I stopped at an ATM to get 250 Euros. I had to decline the conversion rate before it would give me the money. Not sure what that was about, but oh well.
Next, we stood in line for about 30 minutes to get through customs.
We found a train ticket kiosk and bought tickets to Munchen Hauptbahnhof (the central station, which we never presented to anyone. We found the train by going down, got on the train and watched for our stop. I set an alarm since it was a 45 minute ride, and I was getting pretty tired! We got off the train at about 430pm. Again, we followed people. Still underground we saw lots of shops and restaurants so we stopped to eat a sandwich thinking that once we got to the hotel, we wouldn't want to go out again. Finally, we arrived at Sure Hotel around 5pm.
