better late than never

I am well overdue for a post, as I have now not only braved the cold of Munich, but have also now settled down into our new apartments in Istanbul.

To sum up four days of Munich with as few words as possible: beer, freezing cold weather (it was five degrees farenheit when we walked off the plane), ice skating on a pond in front of a palace, a train ride to Neuschwanstein Castle in the Bavarian Alps, and tons and tons of great food. We stayed in a nice hostel and for the most part, had great roomates (2 architecture students from Northern Germany, a Korean businessman named Jesse....and Erick the non-bathing drug dealer who stayed in the hostel all day/all night playing computer games.)

The highlight of the trip started at what we thought was the end, when the four of us woke up at five-thirty, dragged all of our luggage through the forty minute train to the airport, and went to check in with Turkish Airlines, only to realize that the day we thought was the thirteenth, was actually the twelth. We checked our bags into the airport lockers, and spent our last day wandering, ice skating, and talking about how ridiculous the morning had been.

All in all, I would call it a successful trip, thanks to the joint efforts of our communicator (John), our mapper (Chris), the keeper of important things (me), and our napkin eater (Jamie.) I wish I could say I became fluent in German over the four days we were there, but everyone seemed to enjoy speaking English to us.

my photos don't want to post as of now, but I will update as soon as I can make everything work properly.