Day 1 in Europe, Munich

Well Tuesday turned out to be a very long day. Went to work for a full day and then off to the airport for my 6:40 pm flight. This doesn't seem too bad until I realized that I was going to get to Munich on my direct flight until 8:50 am Wednesday. Knowing myself, I don't sleep well on planes, trains or automobiles, I didn't figure I was going to get much sleep. Just as I thought, other than maybe 30 minutes, there was no sleep, although I was sure the Jonas Brothers movie they were playing would have put me out, but alas even that didn't work. Other than no sleep it was a very smooth flight, one of the best I have been on. We landed at 8:40 am Munich time, waited for everyone to get all of their luggage, and got onto the bus. It was about 45 minutes to get to downtown Munich where we were meeting a tour guide to take us on a bus tour of the city. This ran from 11:00 - 1:30 and included a look at some of the beautiful archetechure, and a trip to the first of several castles we are going to get to see. I am amazed at how beautiful the city is, so will likely spend some time going for a walk this afternoon, before we go to hofbrauhaus for dinner.



For those who like beer, it seemed like every place we went past the guide was saying there was a beer garden there, they range in size from small (500 seats) up to large (9000 seats) so there is always someplace to get a cold drink.

I did get some pictures, and will try to post them at some point over the next week. Won't be today though, as I am too tired to go through them all.

After spending the day in Munich today, we are going to head out to Fussen tomorrow. Will be another day of site seeing, so should give us time to adjust to the jet lag before reffing our first game on Friday evening.

I was happy to see all my bags arrived, as did the extra bag that I brought for Karen (her reffing stuff) so we should be good to go. Out of the 100 or so bags that were travelling with our group, only 1 didn't make it (a players clothes) so all in all, that isn't too bad. At least nobody is going to be off trying to buy new skates.

That is all for today, I am off to see the city.