After the longest train ride of my life, we made it to Munich! Thank goodness! The ride was nine hours and there was barely any sleeping involved. I probably tried over 20 different sleeping positions on that chair and only a few of them actually allowed me to sleep for a half hour or so. From here on out, we fly.
We swung by a cafe in the train station to eat breakfast and then we left to find the hostel/hotel we'd be staying at these next two nights. For the first time in awhile, I was actually shivering and not sweating... Haha, it was crazy. I've been sweating this whole trip with all the heat and now it's cold enough here for me to shiver. It was a nice change actually.
Check-in time wasn't until 3 so we put our bags in the luggage room and wandered outside. Yesterday, March told us there would be some sort of surprise for us in Germany. But we had no clue. He then announced we'd be spending the rest of the day until check-in at the zoo!!!! We were shocked! And extremely excited!! :) We'd all been talking about the zoo this whole trip so this was an awesome surprise. Thank you March and Sahra!
We took the subway which was only about 8 minutes, and then a 5 minute walk to the main zoo entrance. It was called Hellabrunn Der Münchner Tierpark. We split up with our maps and us three made sure to cover the entire zoo so we didn't miss anything. It was split up into different worlds which was pretty cool. There was Polar world where we saw a mama polar bear and her two cubs, seals, and penguins. There was Jungle world where we saw leopards, lions, and tigers. There was also Monkey world where we saw chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and several other kinds of monkeys! We also saw elephants, giraffes, ostriches (Emily's favorite), zebras, and my favorite, lemurs! And there was a small aquarium too! We pretty much saw everything and it was a blast. We ended our wonderful zoo visit with a few feeding shows, buying a postcard, and sharing a piece of plum cobbler. Perfect.
Before returning to the hostel, we stopped by a cafeteria place and all bought a german hot dog. It was so good!!! We came back just in time and got our bunks. It feels weird to be back in a hostel with a bunch of people and share a room with them too. We all showered and then napped from 4-9pm. It didn't feel as long as it was, haha. At around 9:15, we all went out together and found a place to eat some dinner. I had some amazing potato soup with bread and sparkling water. The restaurant played really good music so Emily and I sang our hearts out (quietly) before having to leave.
It's about 11:30 right now and it's crazy to think we only have 4 more days of this trip. It went by so fast, but you know what they say... Time flies when you're having fun. :)
Lanie
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