Every year in Munich, they celebrate a festival called Kocherlball (Cook's Ball). It starts at 6 am on the third Sunday of July and everyone comes dressed in the traditional Bavarian outfits of lederhosen or dirndl, drinks masse (one liter tankards of beer), dances and is drunk as the sun rises. It started back in the day when the only chance housekeepers had to party was when the family was away at church on Sunday mornings. Seeing as this was a once in a lifeti...

Myles is really into climbing so the first thing we did today was head to a climbing gym where we met some of his friends. The routes in the gym go up into these 60 meter silos (nearly 200 feet!) so even the easiest routes were exhausting. After a couple hours of climbing and bouldering we were beat. It was a beautiful day out so we went to the English Gardens next and took a dip in the river before relaxing in the grass with hundreds of other sunbathers. Nude su...

Another city means more trains and more goodbyes. I said farewell to my Aussie friends and then I was on my way back to Germany! I met a German guy named Max on the train and we spent most of the ride swapping stories of our travels in Europe. My buddy Josh back from my days at Froyo Earth had a brother named Myles studying abroad in Munich so he hooked us up over Facebook and Myles offered to let me stay with him. I met Myles at the station and from there we cau...