Day 13: Munich, Germany (Wednesday, August 20th)

Guten Tag from Germany! Munich was more of a pit stop to split up our drive rather than a city we actually spent much time in but it was still a lot of fun seeing the center of Logan's mission. Breakfast was provided by the hostel, which was okay, and then we all got ready and packed up before walking through the city a bit. It looks like the weather in Switzerland will be pretty chilly (like 30 degrees!) and Ellen didn't bring any pants so we stopped by C&A for her to pick up some jeans. We then continued on to the Rathaus, which was really neat. We happened to be there at the top of the hour so we were able to see Glockenspiel where the music and little dancing people went off. 

The Church of Our Holy Lady was nearby so we stopped in for a quick visit but I didn't think any of it was picture worthy except for this:

Apparently that's Satan's footprint that he angrily left when he was told to leave. Weird. 

By this time we were ready for lunch but didn't want to waste too much time finding something so we ran into a little market and found our favorite treats. It definitely wasn't nutritious but it sure was delicious!

We made a detour on our way to Switzerland in order to see the Neuschwanstein Castle, aka the Disneyland Castle. It was amazing! We had a bit of a hike up but it was so worth it!

This was the view from our hike up to a bridge that overlooks the castle:

At this point we still had a 4.5 hour drive but we also needed to eat dinner so we decided to stop at the nearest town (The Neuschwanstein Castle is basically in the middle of nowhere) before making the final leg of our journey down South. After going on a wild goose chase for awhile with no luck, we stopped at a trusty McDonald's right on the way. It's interesting to see how the menus are different from back home.

After dinner we were finally on our way to Switzerland! I was pretty bored from all the driving we had already done so I pulled out the iPad and watched a movie which made the drive much better. We're actually in the car now but we still have another hour to go so I'm going to post this before we get there because I know I'll be too exhausted to do so when we arrive. I'll share an update about tonight's sleeping quarters tomorrow. 

It's time to call it a night! Our short stay in Germany was wonderful and I know I'm going to miss the warm weather! Guten Nacht!

Weather Today:

It was a bit nippy in Munich this morning! It lightly rained as we walked and was definitely jacket weather.

Tomorrow: Switzerland

I'm excited to actually explore Switzerland tomorrow!