Day 4: Munich (day 1)

Hello y'all!

I hope this has been somewhat interesting for you...I know that it might be boring too...but anyhoo, I must continue...

So Today was the day I left Nuremberg and headed to Munich in a car, on my own, on roads that are written in German! So here is a pic of the car I am driving. It is an Opel Corsa. But I don't have the sporty 2 door version, the huge 4 door. Here I thought I was going to get a VW Golf (that would have been luxury), but I get the Opel which I have wanted to drive.

Opel Corsa 4 door Hatchback - light blue - Urg!

 Well here is my review (those not interested please skip ahead). Now I am no car maniac but I do watch Top Gear a lot and have an idea of what I like. I don't like this car. I find the steering very squishy all I have to do is touch is one way or the other and it moves, not something you want at 120km/h. I also found that I am sitting really close to the steering wheel, more than I like, just to get the clutch all the way to the floor. The side mirrors seem to be shaped so the view is a little funny, but I do like the rear view as it seems to get the whole back window nicely. We have a standard car and I am used to driving that, but the reverse is to the left of the 1st gear. In North America(NA) the reverse is below the 5th gear. To get this in reverse you have to push a leaver on the shifter to unlock it. Wouldn't it suck if you didn't have that and when you wanted 1st gear you could be in reverse...the other thing I do like is how smooth the car is in 1st gear. I though NA was bad for rubbernecking, but there were 2 accidents on the autobahn that slowed everyone to a crawl (in 1st gear). So it is a bit of a shock going from 120 to nothing! The poor little car had a bit of a hard time at 120, but we seem to be comfortable at 115. It is a little intense driving at that kind of speed in a car that doesn't want to drive at that speed. What I would have given to drive an audi or VW or BMW...something with a bit more guts.

Had a Porsche drive past me in the fast lane at about 150-160 (at least)...thought people weren't moving fast enough...past tones of caravaners...what a pain they were! LOL

Mom - What are these? They look like grape vines growing up and they were all over the autobahn. Fields and fields of them...is this possible?

Ok...so I am driving at like 120km/h - hope you can see it...

So I get to Munich with no problems, I was afraid it would be pain, but I parked the car in Fröttmaning which is about 17 minutes from downtown, which means we need to go North to get the car and then try to drive around Munich on the way back down...


So I get to the U6 to Mariaplatz then take the S(whatever) to get to Hopbahnhof, then the U1 to get to the hostel. This time is was easy as I had planned my trip before I left. YAY. Got to the hostel, luckily I could check in right away, got to my room, quasi unpacked as I will be changing rooms tomorrow to be with Jeff. I am excited to see him and see his pictures! Maybe I will see Leif before he heads back home to Strasbourg before the wedding.

So I decided I need to get to the Alte Pinakothek before it closes at 5pm...when I get there they don't close till 6pm, yay again! So I finish there and decided to head to Bayerisches Nationalmuseum but I got there at 5pm and they are apparently closed! I have it in my brochure as 6pm. Crap! and they are closed on Monday! WWWWAAAAAA!!!! Oh well, we head out on Tuesday to do the romantic road. That will be cool!

So I headed back to the hostel a little peeved, but non worse for wear. I decided to eat dinner at the hostel as they do hot dinners and all you can eat salad bar. We had breaded pork that was really good with potato wedged, salad, pudding and juices. it was really nice and only cost 6 euros. Good deal and free breakfast tomorrow.

So I am off to bed shortly.
Ern