We arrived in Munich after our 11 hour flight from San Francisco. We did the whole trip with the people in economy class. At least we got Economy Plus seating but hey the tickets were free so I am not complaining. Peter and I were not able to sleep at all on the flight while Tami and Nathan got an hour nap in. We thought we were going to be so productive — books, journals, emails, games, and conversation. Nope, all we did was watch nothing but 11 straight hours of United Airline’s finest movie selections. How often can you watch Ghostbusters and Groundhog’s Day on a plane? Never enough! 🤪
After several subpar inflight meals and a lot of sugar, we stepped off the plane and on to Deutschland soil. The boy’s nanny from several years ago is German and lives in Munich. She met us at the airport and whisked us away to our first real meal since Thursday. We all enjoyed catching up, looking at old pictures, and eating Strammer Max for breakfast.
Did I mention it was cold in Munich? Despite his multiple layers Nathan looked colder than Frosty the Snowman. 🥶☃️
We checked in to our hotel — the Hilton Munich City. Normally Hilton and vacation do not go hand in hand but being a Diamond member I was relying more on the benefits of staying there versus the “vacation” feel. It is indeed a business hotel but they more than took care of us. They gave us an extra adjoining room for the kids for FREI (that’s free to you and me but I am trying to learn some German). We also got executive lounge access (free waters, beers, wines, and sodas) and free breakfast in the morning.
In order to get a good nights sleep we had to power through and only take a 90 minute nap. If you sleep for more you will not get more than a few hours of sleep that night. In typical German fashion I woke up, made everyone wake up with my extremely pleasant and cheery personality and we all took quick hot showers. We headed out and cross many a strauss and platz.
We headed to the old town and saw the world’s largest cuckoo clock — the Glockenspiel.
We passed by many a sweaty meats in the window (schweinehaxe/pork knuckle in the photo) and bier establishments.
We ate at a local German restaurant (what else do you think we would eat, French). Nate ordered the most adventurous meal of veal heart but he paired it with a vegetable ratatouille so that made it more acceptable.
Ms Tami enjoyed her wine and I rotated through the pils. The entertainment during the meal was the “How do we keep Peter awake” game. This involved, throwing water on him, pinching him, and politely critiquing his ability to stay awake.
We bravely headed out in to the snow (this part may be true or false) and walked uphill back to our hotel. We headed to bed at 9 sharp and finally put our poor pancreases to rest. 😴
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