Transit to Munich October 26, 2006

We left the apartment walked to the station caught the S Bahn and arrived at the central station about an hour before our 10:52 AM train was scheduled to depart. Ten minutes or so before departure time an announcement was made that the train would be about ten minutes late. I needed a rest stop so I went up the two floors to the only bathroom in this 4 storied ultra-modern, just opened this past May, train station and was back on the platform two minutes before the announced time to find Holly sitting by herself and the ICE 1513 to Munich come and gone. Needless to say Holly wasn’t happy, but then again neither was I. We trudged up three floors to the ticket office and reserved seats on the next train which thankfully left in two hours. After that it was just a matter of getting in touch with the hotel in Munich to guaranty our reservation for a late arrival. We played with the pay phone for a while but could not figure out how to make the call. We were able to utilize the phone’s internet access and finally got off an email to the hotel. Holly then had another idea about how to make the phone work and we were able to actually call and confirm our room for the night.

Our train arrived on time and we were on our way south to Munich. It is yet another beautiful fall day. As the train rolled south hills became more prevalent which provided a grandstand affect for the foliage. The fall colors are in full swing now and are something to see in the soft October sun. We come and go through the quaint towns and villages of the German countryside never forgetting how lucky we continue to be with the weather.

We arrived at the Munich central station after dark made our way out of the station and next door to the InnerCity Hotel. We may have taken two hundred steps from the train and we were standing at the hotel’s front desk. We had read that the rooms are soundproofed and found out that it is true once we were in the room. A quiet restful night followed, one that we thoroughly enjoyed.