Getting to Munich

July 4 started with gray weather, and it was clear it was not the day to go paragliding as we had hoped. So after breakfast we hit the road, driving our little Golf for the last time. It took a couple of hours to get to the Munich Airport where we gassed up and dropped off the car. Then we had an easy ride on the S-Bahn to town and a short walk to our hotel where we would meet all the other riders.

After showers we set out to see downtown, quickly running into Greg, Mary Ann and Fabio on the street. We joined up with Fabio and took the S-Bahn a few more stops to Marienplatz, in the heart of the old town. It was past lunch time so we sat down at the first restaurant at the top of the stairs from the station, which was right next to the famous Rathaus. We each had Heffeweisen with lunch and it was nice to just sit down a while and relax, watching people going in all directions.

After lunch, we walked around the old town for an hour taking in sights – here are a few pictures, courtesy of our team photographer, Katie.

After a little relaxation back at the hotel, we successfully accomplished two missions: We found euros for Katie (in an ATM machine) and we went with Jim and found ice-cream. It was a pretty low-key day, but we’re both really excited to meet up with the rest of the group tomorrow and start riding the day after.