So this one is going to be a little short so I can try and catch everybody up to where I am presently… After I left from Cinque Terre, Italy I headed back up to Munich, Germany. I wanted to go back because the first time I went was during Oktoberfest and needless to say I didn’t get to explore and enjoy the city as much as I wanted. So this time I took the night train to Munich and got to the city at 7:00am so
I had a good start on the day. It was a surprising clear day, but extremely cold with a high of 29 degrees with the wind chill. I dropped my bag off at my hostel called Famous Youth Hostels, they are all over Europe. The hostel was probably one of the best hostels that I stayed at. After I had dropped my bags off I had a few hours before I was going on a walking tour of Munich so I just walked the streets and got some breakfast. I met up with my tour group at the Marienplatz and watched the Glockenspiel, which is ranked as one of the most over-rated sights in Europe. It’s just these figurines that go around in a circle on top of this big building in the middle of one of Munich’s largest squares. After we got our group we headed off walking around Munich. It was really interesting to learn about Munich and how
much of its history is directly related to the breweries that the city and region is most famous for. After the tour I headed back to my hostel to thaw out even though I was wearing almost every pair of clothes I owned. The day went well though and was happy to see more of Munich. After I got back and took a nap in my room I had made plans with a few of the people from the tour to go on a cub crawl later on that night. It was nice because instead of bars we went to four of the most famous breweries to drink at. We ended the night conveniently at my hostel bar so I was not far from my bed at the end of the night. In the morning/afternoon I traded hostels to one next door that had more openings and was cheaper. I spent most of the day inside the hostel because the cold from the day before was traded in for a down pour of rain. It was a short night for me because I was catching
the train
from Munich to Amsterdam the next morning at 7:00am. The train ride to Amsterdam was of course eventful being first that my train was delayed in Frankfurt where I had to run and to the ticket counter and buy a ticket over the border into The Netherlands because my Euro-rail pass was not for that specific country. So I got to see a lot of the Frankfurt train station in a short amount of time between sprinting back and forth from train to ticket counter and back. But I got to Amsterdam just fine after that around 5pm and met up with my friend Hayden who is playing basketball overseas as well in Germany. Hayden and I played basketball together at Shasta College my 2nd year. The thing I didn’t know when I was booking my hostel was that Amsterdam was hosting one of the biggest techno/DJ event of the year the very weekend that Hayden and I decid
ed to meet up there so it was very difficult to find rooms available. The first night that I stayed in Amsterdam I had to stay in a place that was a little ways out, but Hayden was fortunate to find a place to stay in the main area. That day we spent just walking around the Amsterdam and we also waited in line and went through the Rijks Museum. The next day I packed all my stuff up and headed back into town to find my other Hostel which was a lot more centrally located then meet back up with Hayden to do a little touring. We ended at the Van Gogh Museum which was amazing and learned a lot while we were there… That night we ate dinner at a really nice Indonesian restaurant which was amazing! The food was great and a lot of it. We could have used a little more water when we got to the spicy plates but overall it was an amazing meal. If you don’t know what Indonesian food is like it’s a little like food from India, with curry’s, chicken and beef cut up in little pieces and white and yellow rice. The taste and spice was similar to Indian food but not as spicy I don’t think, or I’m just getting used to the spice finally….. The next day Hayden and I were leaving back to Munster which is where Hayden is playing basketball in Germany. Before we left we got up somewhat early and headed over to the Ann
Frank House which had been close to where we had been staying. We waited in line for a while to get in but it was nice to learn about it all over again and see what they had gone through which was really amazing. The thing that impressed me the most was the amount of space the families had was much bigger then I had imagined it was. After we had spent a good amount of time going through the house, we decided we had better go back to our hostel and grab our packs and go check in for our train which is another story on in its self. I will try and get everyone caught back up to the present.
So this one is going to be a little short so I can try and catch everybody up to where I am presently… After I left from Cinque Terre, Italy I headed back up to Munich, Germany. I wanted to go back because the first time I went was during Oktoberfest and needless to say I didn’t get to explore and enjoy the city as much as I wanted. So this time I took the night train to Munich and got to the city at 7:00am so 
I had a good start on the day. It was a surprising clear day, but extremely cold with a high of 29 degrees with the wind chill. I dropped my bag off at my hostel called Famous Youth Hostels, they are all over Europe. The hostel was probably one of the best hostels that I stayed at. After I had dropped my bags off I had a few hours before I was going on a walking tour of Munich so I just walked the streets and got some breakfast. I met up with my tour group at the Marienplatz and watched the Glockenspiel, which is ranked as one of the most over-rated sights in Europe. It’s just these figurines that go around in a circle on top of this big building in the middle of one of Munich’s largest squares. After we got our group we headed off walking around Munich. It was really interesting to learn about Munich and how 
much of its history is directly related to the breweries that the city and region is most famous for. After the tour I headed back to my hostel to thaw out even though I was wearing almost every pair of clothes I owned. The day went well though and was happy to see more of Munich. After I got back and took a nap in my room I had made plans with a few of the people from the tour to go on a cub crawl later on that night. It was nice because instead of bars we went to four of the most famous breweries to drink at. We ended the night conveniently at my hostel bar so I was not far from my bed at the end of the night. In the morning/afternoon I traded hostels to one next door that had more openings and was cheaper. I spent most of the day inside the hostel because the cold from the day before was traded in for a down pour of rain. It was a short night for me because I was catching
the train from Munich to Amsterdam the next morning at 7:00am. The train ride to Amsterdam was of course eventful being first that my train was delayed in Frankfurt where I had to run and to the ticket counter and buy a ticket over the border into The Netherlands because my Euro-rail pass was not for that specific country. So I got to see a lot of the Frankfurt train station in a short amount of time between sprinting back and forth from train to ticket counter and back. But I got to Amsterdam just fine after that around 5pm and met up with my friend Hayden who is playing basketball overseas as well in Germany. Hayden and I played basketball together at Shasta College my 2nd year. The thing I didn’t know when I was booking my hostel was that Amsterdam was hosting one of the biggest techno/DJ event of the year the very weekend that Hayden and I decid
ed to meet up there so it was very difficult to find rooms available. The first night that I stayed in Amsterdam I had to stay in a place that was a little ways out, but Hayden was fortunate to find a place to stay in the main area. That day we spent just walking around the Amsterdam and we also waited in line and went through the Rijks Museum. The next day I packed all my stuff up and headed back into town to find my other Hostel which was a lot more centrally located then meet back up with Hayden to do a little touring. We ended at the Van Gogh Museum which was amazing and learned a lot while we were there… That night we ate dinner at a really nice Indonesian restaurant which was amazing! The food was great and a lot of it. We could have used a little more water when we got to the spicy plates but overall it was an amazing meal. If you don’t know what Indonesian food is like it’s a little like food from India, with curry’s, chicken and beef cut up in little pieces and white and yellow rice. The taste and spice was similar to Indian food but not as spicy I don’t think, or I’m just getting used to the spice finally….. The next day Hayden and I were leaving back to Munster which is where Hayden is playing basketball in Germany. Before we left we got up somewhat early and headed over to the Ann
Frank House which had been close to where we had been staying. We waited in line for a while to get in but it was nice to learn about it all over again and see what they had gone through which was really amazing. The thing that impressed me the most was the amount of space the families had was much bigger then I had imagined it was. After we had spent a good amount of time going through the house, we decided we had better go back to our hostel and grab our packs and go check in for our train which is another story on in its self. I will try and get everyone caught back up to the present. 
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