Germany Day 3

Stayed in Munich today. Slept in a bit, took our time drinking coffee and getting ready to go out, then took the U-Bahn to Marienplatz and walked around for several hours. Got tired around 4pm and came back to Craig's and watched the movie Wall Street, which I had never seen before and thought was okay, and then watched Beyond the Poseidon Adventure dubbed in German so I understood nothing except Sally Field's screams and it was highly entertaining.

Highlights of the day: breakfast for me was an absolutely amazing pastry that was basically a croissant-type base with some kind of lovely, heavy cream (somewhere between custard and whipped cream) with fresh strawberries piled on top. Yum! Walked through the Englischgarten, which didn't look anything like an English garden to me but was fantastic anyway as it was huge and quiet and ran next to the river. Very peaceful and reminded me of Portland because you can find big natural parks there too and you almost forget you're in a big city. Caught the end of the St. Paddy's Day festivities at Marienplatz when we returned around 3:30pm and there was music and lots of people in funny hats and a general air of community and festivity.

Good second day. Did lots of walking--perhaps even more than yesterday--so am feeling tired. Also have eaten a lot here because I like the food. Think I've probably eaten more here in three days than I eat in Madrid in a week. Maybe is not such a good idea to move to Germany after all. Would become fat in no time!