Adventures in Budapest: Guten tag, München!

This post will contain mostly pictures, because I am taking the Math GRE tomorrow morning at 8:30am, and I need to go to bed soon. This is my way to calm down before trying to sleep. So nervous! It will be nice to get it over with, though. Then a week from Monday, I take the General GRE, which will hopefully be refreshing compared to the Math GRE...

I went to Munich last weekend! I never thought I would go to Germany for some reason, but I went, and I absolutely loved it!! The leaves on the trees were changing color, and we mostly lucked out on the weather (just a little chilly and rainy on Saturday morning).

We took the night train to get there. It took about 9 hours. I didn't sleep very well, but had a large coffee in the morning after we got to Munich. It was nice walking around the city so early in the morning (arrived between 6 and 7) when no one else was.

We explored the Deutsches Museum when it opened. It was fantastic. So many interesting exhibits there. We could've stayed there the whole day, but we got hungry for lunch (and also had other things to see!). We walked through the English Gardens while trying to find lunch. The fall colors were beautiful! I had trouble picking out something to eat at the restaurant we found, because the whole menu was in German. I finally looked up at the specials menu and saw "spaetzle" and ordered that, since I knew I liked spaetzle (doughy noodles). It came with beef stuffed with a pickle and saur kraut, with some veggies on the side. The sauce reminded me of my grandma's stew. Best. Meal. So. Far. I was sad when I couldn't finish it all!

After lunch, we explored Marienplatz and got to see the Glockenspiel! (We didn't realize it was the Glockenspiel until later that night, though!) We ended the night at the Hofbräuhaus, where we tried the house beer. The atmosphere was really fun! Live music, people singing, people wearing lederhosen.

On Sunday, most of us decided to go to Dachau, which was a concentration camp. It lasted throughout the war. It took us 2-3 hours to get there (the train we needed wasn't running in the normal spot, so we had issues), but once we got there, it was a worthwhile experience. I learned a lot. It was a beautiful day that day. I wish that we had gotten there earlier so I could've seen more of it.

That night, our last night, we just explored the city and waited until it was time to board the train back to Budapest. I hope I get to go back to Munich some day! Loved it. Well, I guess I wrote more than I thought I would...goodnight! Update on the GRE to come...