Thursday, May 10, 2012

Day 10: Munich (or Munchen) Problems




We'd realized our traveling luck might be running out in Switzerland when we'd tried to book our next couple stops from Daniela's (thank you free wifi). When we started emailing and checking on booking.com for places in Munich, everything seemed full, which was new to us. Turns out there was a huge conference coming to town Mon - Fri ( and we were planning to stay in town Sun - Wed.)

So we got to Munich mid-afternoon and headed straight to the TI (tourist info). Listening to people ahead of us, it was clear everyone was having trouble getting rooms. A room that night wasn't a problem, but apparently there was no vacancy in the city or its vicinity beginning Monday. After brainstorming all our options we realized there was no way logistically (or financially) to re-plan our next 4 stops/11 days. Munich-Salzburg-Prague-Berlin flows very nicely via trains and side we're flying out from Berlin we had no other choice than to just take our one night in Munich and roll with it. We got a double room (twin beds, bathroom in the hall) in the Europaicher Hotel next to the train station for 66 euro, booked through the TI, and started emailing guesthouses in Salzburg anticipating having to leave Munich the next night.

With a few more hours before we had to return our Focus, we headed out of town to Dachau Concentration Camp because this was a must for us and we could save time and money doing it by car rather than public transportation.

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