Landing in Munich, we got off the plane and grabbed a taxi to the hotel. We loaded some taxi drivers little station wagon to the roof and headed out to Erding. I don’t think we took the most direct route to the hotel, the meter rang up about 50 euros. That won’t be our first bite on the exchange rate, things are going to be expensive on us flatlanders this trip.
They let us put our stuff in the rooms as they weren’t ready yet. So we got a chance to walk around and look at Erding. It’s a beautiful area, with lot’s of corn, wheat, and I’m guessing barley and hops fields. I’m not sure how they get the harvest equipment in the field, everything urban is mixed in as well. We hoofed it around Erding and checked out the brew houses an shops for later. We met Martin and Justin Wenzel from Boulder checking in with their gear at the hotel, they’ll be joining us when the tour starts.
When we were finally able to check in, we grabbed a shower and headed to the train station to go to Munich. The train system is clean and efficient. You buy a ticket, but no one ever looks at it or scans it. Gabe told us they’d fine you if caught riding without a ticket on a random check. It’s an interesting system. Business picked up closer to Munich and getting off downtown, we walked into a mass of people. We were hungry and headed to the Hoffbrau Haus and ordered some liters of beer and some food. The service was slow, but we enjoyed the oompa band with the rest of the tourists. Walking out, we ran into Martin and Justin again. Justin’s 18 and rides a KLR, and it pumped up to make the tour. They’d made the BMW museum tour and enjoyed it.Landing in Munich, we got off the plane and grabbed a taxi to the hotel. We loaded some taxi drivers little station wagon to the roof and headed out to Erding. I don’t think we took the most direct route to the hotel, the meter rang up about 50 euros. That won’t be our first bite on the exchange rate, things are going to be expensive on us flatlanders this trip.
They let us put our stuff in the rooms as they weren’t ready yet. So we got a chance to walk around and look at Erding. It’s a beautiful area, with lot’s of corn, wheat, and I’m guessing barley and hops fields. I’m not sure how they get the harvest equipment in the field, everything urban is mixed in as well. We hoofed it around Erding and checked out the brew houses an shops for later. We met Martin and Justin Wenzel from Boulder checking in with their gear at the hotel, they’ll be joining us when the tour starts.
When we were finally able to check in, we grabbed a shower and headed to the train station to go to Munich. The train system is clean and efficient. You buy a ticket, but no one ever looks at it or scans it. Gabe told us they’d fine you if caught riding without a ticket on a random check. It’s an interesting system. Business picked up closer to Munich and getting off downtown, we walked into a mass of people. We were hungry and headed to the Hoffbrau Haus and ordered some liters of beer and some food. The service was slow, but we enjoyed the oompa band with the rest of the tourists. Walking out, we ran into Martin and Justin again. Justin’s 18 and rides a KLR, and it pumped up to make the tour. They’d made the BMW museum tour and enjoyed it.
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