My second and final day in Munich was one to remember. I had met a few interesting people the night before and decided to stick it out just a little longer in the land of the Third Reich. That final day I ended up going on 3 tours. A city sight seeing tour which was very informative on how the city and its rulers were formed and basically covered all of Bavaria. A Third-Reich tour which was the best tour of them all, I saw where the Nazi party was formed, where they held there meetings and even some of the buildings they had built during their reign. Munich bore the official title, Hauptstadt der Bewegung, the Capital of the Nazi Movement, and I learned all about the buildings that carry the secrets of a dark past. A Beer and Food tour which was actually somewhat boring but involved some beer tasting and some eating, so that made it all the better. I also hung out in the evening with some of the friends I had met there and did some of the Octoberfest stuff.
Duh, I should have known. So the plan was to go to Freiburg, Germany today. Not knowing theirs also a Fribourg, Switzerland, I purchased a ticket from Bern to Friburg, about half an hour later I realized I was still in Switzerland. Doh! So I had to rail back to Bern then through Basel and now I’m in Freiburg Germany. Other than that things have been fairly uneventful for the past couple of days. Except for the extreme pain my legs are feeling right now due to the excess walking I do everyday, all is well. I sure wish I brought my bike along. I would be able to see more things and wear out my shoe’s/body a little less in the process.
My 8 hour flight to paris was quit booring and uneventful as to be expected. Since I saw Paris on my last trip to Europe, I didn.t think it would be the highlight of the trip and just wanted to catch the main sights before pushing on, which I did. I saw the Louvre Museum, Iffel Tower, Arch de Triumph, Versaille Palace and a lot of other old stuff. It was all neet to see but to be honest I felt Paris was somewhat of a dirty place and very fast pased. It was also over saturated with tourists, which I was one of I know, but still, I.m talking, lines worse than Canadian Passport lines around Christmas time. So I pushed on to Bern after a day and a half in the French capital.
Well, after a long hard working summer, I’ve decided to take a break from work and travel around europe for a couple of weeks. I’ve been looking forward to this trip ever since I returned from my last Euro trip with my brother about 4 years ago. Sadly, though, the friend I was going to go with has dropped out last minute, so I will be going solo. I leave in a couple hours but will be sure to keep my one or two site visitors informed of my progress. I don’t really know where exactly I will be going except that I arrive in Paris on the 21st and fly out of Manchester on October 4th. So far the plan is to check out Paris and Versaille for a day and then take a train to Switzerland, from there who knows what lies ahead. I will be staying in youth hostels along the way.
On this trip I hope to see a lot of historical sites, meet new people and get a little more cultured along the way. Oh yeah, and of course take a lot of pictures.
Wish me luck.
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