Day 14
I found this little restaurant down an alley near milka world that was great. It was cheap and healthy. Which is a little hard to come by when your travelling.
After lunch I walked and I explored a bit more. I walked to the English gardens and set my self up beside a fountain with a book. I told you today was boring... Some days it's good to have a chilled out day. It was really nice not to have anything planned today and to do what ever I felt like doing. People don't realise that traveling is really tiring. Don't get my wrong traveling is fantastic but really takes it out of you. So today since there wasn't much to do I decided to relax.
I have been travelling solo for a total of 2 weeks today and out of these two weeks that I have been in Europe this is the first that has actually been warm. So I enjoyed the sun and the heat while it lasted.
The rest of the afternoon I didn't do much. I wandered the streets, looked in a few shops (the ones that were open). I went back to the hotel and got ready for the soccer World Cup grand final which Germany was playing in. I spoke to reception and they suggested that I go to a sports bar down the street which was popular.
Not being a major soccer fan I wasn't to sure what to expect. All I knew that it was gonna be crazy because Germans are really passionate about soccer. I got to this sports bar and ordered some dinner and drinks and waited for the game to start. I'm not to sure if you call a soccer a match or a game but I'm sure you get my drift.
I'm a firm believer that when you travel solo you have more confidence to talk to strangers and that you make more friends along the way. This wasn't one of these times. I tried to talk to the man at the next table. He didn't speak English. I tried to speak to the waitress, bar man and another couple and they all didn't speak much English. And they did the polite smile and nod when I spoke but I knew they had no idea what I was talking about and were just being polite. This made me feel a bit lonely. When you travel to places that English isn't their first language you do know that u might run into some trouble. But in Germany I did feel like a bit of an outsider. At least with soccer you pretty much know what is going on even if the commentary was in German.
After a nail biting game Germany won and everyone went crazy. Yelling, screaming, dancing crying, hugging and cheering. It was insane. After another drink or two I stumbled back to the hotel and crashed.
Day 15
I got up this morning and every where I went it was dead. It was so extremely quite. Everyone must be sleeping off their hang overs from last night. Today is my last day in Munich. I have enjoyed Munich but I think 5 days here is a bit too long. But I'm in Germany and I'm going to make the most of my time. So what do I want to do.... Shop! There were so many sales on. I went to the shops, the markets and of course I went back to milka world to buy some more chocolate for my family. I wasn't too sure if the chocolate would make it home or I would end up accidentally eating it.... Yum...
Today I saw a few protests going on. I spoke to a lady sitting watching a rally and she told me that they happen all the time. It's crazy you don't really see a lot of this go on in Australia.
I shopped some more and had lunch at the markets. The markets are amazing. They have this massive beer garden in the middle of all these food stores. In Australia people just sit at tables with people you know but here everyone sits with everyone. It doesn't matter if you are strangers as long as you have a beer in your hand.
This evening I went to a restaurant and had dinner and had a fairly early night. I have to get up early to catch my 6:30am transfer to Venice. YAH!
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