The train ride to Munich was not too bad and i think I got a lot of naps in which helped catch me up a bit ;) I've found I need to sleep so much more because I'm doing so much more then normal! When we arrived at midday we sent Anthea (one of our friends who live in Munich) a message to let her know that we'd arrived as we were staying with her :) She then met us at the Bahnhof station that was close to her work and we all went to a bakery for lunch. I'd told Ingo while we were tourist-info-researching on the train, that I'd be happy to lie in the sun, swim and basically hang out and chill out, as I was feeling a bit "churched out" as I put it ;) but Ingo was worried then that we wouldn't do any tourist activities, so we agreed on not too many but definitely some ;)
Anthea then gave us the key to her place and sent us on our way so she could get back to work (these unlucky people who have to work while we're holidaying ;) ) with excellent directions we found her place in no time and despite the BBQ smell (which I actually found quite comforting) her teeny place was very sweet and cozy and we were quite happy to hang out there till the evening shenanigans. While I showered and made myself feel like a civilized human being again, Ingo did the same by way of a brand new haircut ;) and then we were ready!
When Anthea came home she introduced me to the traditional garb I would be wearing for the evening and in true Bavarian style I donned the loaned Dirndl on (had to make a few minor adjustments by way of stuffing with socks. Yes. That's right. I stuffed my bra with socks haha) and was ready to go! We were heading off to Hofbräuhaus (very touristy we were told) to meet up with Simon (another friend) and to meet some of their friends (none of whom were native Germans!) Everyone came decked out in their Bavarian outfits and Simon considerately bought along some for Ingo swell including the very swauve hat ;) I had my first experience trying to lift one of the 1 litter mugs of beer (I have no idea how the waitresses carry 1 in each hand, let alone 5 in each hand!) and we all jumped up and clinked glasses when the beer drinking song (the tune of which is still stuck in my head) came on :D When I'd finished my 2nd 1 litter Radler, Someone poured some of their beer into my glass and I think that was the end of me! Not because I was drunk, just because I was so unbelievably full of liquid and bibles my stomach had expanded by 3 times it's size and was so sore!!! We went to another bar with a tree in it after, but it was small and squishy and I really did feel like I was going to explode so Ingo and I went back to Anthea's to go to bed :)
Anthea has this awesome double air bed that's massive and has a mini vacuum built in so in 4 mins flat it was all up and ready to go, not too bad for comfort either :) So we were able to get a good nights rest.
Finally some time to enjoy the sun!
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