I am again a bit pressed for time but I am back home, the return trip went well without any problems, everything is fine. The boy and I spent most of yesterday in transit, we woke up unnecessarily early, read and lounged in bed before it was time to go downstairs for breakfast.
We talked with some of the Hamburg relatives again over breakfast while stuffing ourselves with muesli, buns and eggs, then packed everything together and tried stealing away without saying goodbye. We were only partially successful because half a dozen others had decided to leave at the same time. She we got to say goodbye properly to some, at least. (The boy didn’t want to make the rounds shaking hands and saying a proper goodbye. And I was thinking about having to talk with every single person for a few minutes which takes a longe while with about 25 people still left, so I agreed.)
We walked to the tram station, found that we were familiar enough with the tram line on the third day that we didn’t even have to watch the monitors to know when we’d arrive at the main station, then walked around the station for almost an hour all the while looking for the döner place the boy had found online. Because he was craving döner. Or rather falafel.
11.00 was a bit too early for lunch but we got there when they were just opening, bought falafel in pide and took it with us on the train:
I then remembered why this is a bad meal to eat on a train: A) it is really smelly and b) the pide was so overstuffed that lots of things fell out. My purse now has a couple lovely tsatsiki stains…
The train went so smoothly that we had to wait for twenty minutes in Würzburg so we wouldn’t be too early which was a lovely change. It also was not crowded at all, there were lots of empty seats. Just a tip for your next train trip: try reserving your seat at the point of the train that is all the way at the front. In Munich you enter the platform at the back and at most stations passengers come up or down stairs around the middle. Since I wanted seats in the quiet area we ended up at the very front every time and that made for a much emptier car.
It also meant we had to walk all the way to the end of the platform both times to reach the right car but that is not a problem when your’s traveling light.
Munich was very crowded indeed, it was the start of the Oktoberfest, so many, many people from around the world decided they needed to visit. We managed to slip through easily and found that while the platform was packed most people did not go on our train and again, at the next station (which is the one nearest the Theresienwiese) there were many, many people but only a few got on our train.
We went back home where my husband was very happy to see us but also right in the middle of some gardening thing, so I unpacked, ate a sandwich, drank a beer in front of TV and went to bed on time.
Today it is back to normal, teaching, chores and such.
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