it was completely unreal. more photos to come in the near future. just amazing! so after hangin out we went to munich, where the trains were set up like harry potter [the movie is playing here but only in german, and we took some staged wand fighting photos in the cabin].we met some cool people on the train and finalllly got to munchen! yaaaay! it was pretty awesome. we headed for the hofbräuhaus to get some maß and schnitzel. this large group of older women sat down at our table, and it turns out they have been friends for twenty years, were in a bowling league together, and they take day trips to places like munich [they're from heidelberg, pretty awesome in the printing world!] after they left some other people sat down, but they were just not as friendly. after our fantastical meal we decided to hop the early train just in case to be safe. when we got onto the train we met three awesome girls from füssen who taught us some hilarious little german phrases! then we met raphi who was pretty awesome as well! after our friends departed we realized one of the girls left all her new h&m purchases, so we're hoping to find her so we can return her clothes!
when we got to lindau we checked the schedule. it was quite a shock to us that because of earlier construction all the schedules were crazy and messed up. we were stuck in lindau for the night because there were only five trains from lindau: one at 10am, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm. so we learn about a hostel that is clean and cheap and hop a taxi to go check it out [keep in mind it is about 11pm at this point]. in the cab we met some very cool people, eddie and sven. eddie told us he hadn't spoken english in about five years. it was very fun talking to him, he said we were the first americans he had ever met! so we get to this hostel and it's closed, we cannot get anyone's attention inside. so we start getting nervous, meanwhile chris talks to the cabbie and he tells us he will drive us back to st. gallen for fifty euros! which seemed like a fabulous idea to us...
so he had one more group of people to pick up and drive before he could take us so he drops off eddie and sven at a place that looks creepily like bar that has adult entertainment inside. our driver tells us there are seven people in his next load and so we need to wait at the bar. he could tell we were very freaked out and went to talk to the police officers to tell them we were uncomfortable and to take care of us. so he pulls away and the one officer comes and basically escorts us into this bar. we are basically having heart attacks thinking this is a topless establishment. turns out. it's just a super cool bar having a rocking 90s night! great music [understatement] and hanging out with our new friends was pretty awesome. plus i ordered a coca-cola and it came in an old-school glass bottle [which i received a euro for when it was returned!] and that made me feel like it was pretty awesome. so as we were singing spice girls and chatting with our new friends we decided that this potentially terrifying/stranded evening turned into a fabulous evening! our cabbie came back in half an hour [as promised] and off we drove to st. gallen! through germany and austria and right to the city. the was telling us that he lives in germany on a farm, but doesn't have any animals because he has three children and a dog, which were a handful themselves. his oldest daughter was our age, so i think when we had told him how old we were in the beginning he must have compared us with her and proceeded in a fatherly way [phew!]. once we were there we knew how to get home, which took a while but was ultimately quicker that it usually is. overall everything from the salvation army to the 90s night was a super great experience! anything that seemed daunting or unpreferable at first, soon became perfect, just like a phoenix raises from the ashes!
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