Day 13: Bye, bye France

Today we travelled from Strasbourg to Munich. We got up this morning to finish packing, have our last breakfast (and say goodbye to baguettes and nutella), bring our luggage out to the lobby and say goodbye to the beautiful chateau. It was bittersweet leaving today. The chateau really did become our home away from home over the last weeks. But I was really excited to start the rest of the trip.

We loaded the bus and started the drive. We stopped in a little village after an hour and a half to get coffee and a snack. It was really cold in this village, but thankfully everywhere else we have been has been warmer.

I had fallen asleep most of the way, and my neck was killing me. I think I slept wrong last night and then with the bus it made it worse. Plus, Dr. Browder was talking on his microphone the whole time, which made it hard to sleep.

We travelled a little further and stopped for lunch. The little town we stopped in was SO quiet. It was eerie. There were plenty of people walking around but no one was talking. Kind of weird. But we went to a bratwurst place and got a brat, fries, and pepsi. There were disgusting pigeons around that made every so appetizing… We got a chance to walk around a bit after lunch and found a 1 euro a scoop Gelato place! We were all so excited. Probably one of the best moments on the trip haha.

After lunch we got back on the bus and made one more stop at a gas station. Then were finally arrived to Munich. Driving in, the city itself looked kind of ugly. I was happy later after dinner to see prettier architecture downtown. But, after we got settled into our hotel we went to eat at a place Dr. Brantz has been going to since he lived in Munich a few years back. We all got beer, the waiter peer pressured us, but half a litre was on 3.70…a LOT cheaper than Paris or Strasbourg. I got a veil meatball and mashed potatoes! The mashed potatoes were SO good. The veil was alright. After dinner we just walked around to burn off what we ate and then headed back to the hotel. I skyped a little with Ian and am probably going to go to bed early.

Sorry for the boring post. Today was a travel day with a lot of restless sleeping!