Here it is, Saturday morning in Germany. We arrived Wednesday morning and it has been go go go ever since. We are staying in Dachau, a smaller town outside of Munich. Oktoberfest starts today and Munich lodging is overpriced. Since I made the reservation only 16 hours before we departed from home we took what we could get. The hotel is fine and only a 7 minute walk to the S bahn station allowing us easy transport to get around. On arrival day and the following day we explored Munich. On night 2 we went to the famous Hofbräuhaus for dinner. Wow! It was crazy crowded and very loud. The food was meh, but it is set up with long tables so it’s a nice opportunity to meet people. We spoke at length with two younger guys from the Czech Republic and a couple from Aachen, Germany. Yesterday we went to the charming town of Regensburg. We both really enjoyed it there. Today is a special day for us, but that will be left for another post.

P.S. It was the best decision to change our location at the last minute because I keep getting notifications about the many train issues because of the flooding, and now track repairs for our train from Salzburg to Vienna. Now we will take a longer train trip from Munich to Budapest.