Pouring rain? What to do? Hmm? Museum day, without a doubt! So we headed for the Deutches Museum. We decided to walk, even though it was raining. Forty five minutes later, after several assurances that it was "just over there", we arrived. We had a few comments along the way that we didn't have enough time which we thought was strange, but when we saw the line-up and noted that the museum closed at 5:00 pm and that it was already 1:30 pm, we understood....

We awoke to rain and overcast skies but we still decided to take in a walking tour of Munich. It was the same tour company as in Berlin (Free Europe Tours) and we were not disappointed. Munich has a rich past, both light and dark, of war, beer, war, and…beer. Our tour included Marienplatz and the Glockenspiel, Rathaus, Frauenkirche, St. Peter's Church, Victualienmarkt and the Maypole, Hofbrauhaus, National Theatre, Royal Residenz, Odeonsplatz, and more. As wel...

Early awakening and out the door by 8:00 a.m. Our six hour trip by train was without incident, except the train was split in two halfway through the trip. Luckily for us, the man checking our tickets advised us of this; otherwise, we would have found ourselves in Nuremburg instead of Munich! So we changed cars and enjoyed our last first class train ride in Western Europe. It's always entertaining to watch second class passengers get kicked off when their tickets ...