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Thursday the 20th, we got up and went to a local bakery. For breakfast we had a delicious cheese and ham laden croissant and a chocolate one to share! Haley had a delicious looking cinnamon roll. We took it back and ate it in the room. Oh, the room was wonderful. A great, albeit typical Courtyard by marriot. The bathroom was a euroefficient delight. Spotless white and chrome. The bed was comfy and Haley enjoyed a great ‘cot’ probably the best rollaway she has ever had.


We headed over to a spectacular toy store this morning. Haley was amazed by the selection of ‘groceries’ for the playhouse. Not plastic ones by the way, but wooden hand painted delicacies of every sort. Little jams and honey pots, everything a little girl could possibly dream of. She purchased a wooden egg and an enamel mug with a little German boy on it. This is Haley in the aisle just for the playhouse things. Frank was blown away by the train selections – some of the engines were Euro 1870! Now, Haley and I are sitting in a very slick McDonalds. Frank wanted to go back down into the Marienplatz and visit Peterskirch. The plan is that we will catch the next train to Salzburg. Over the stereo system is Hall and Oats, “your kiss is on my lips” in English. It’s always fun to hear your own language!

The Munchens are very friendly, more so than the Frankfurters. Very helpful and willing to try their English out on you.

Haley is keeping a travel journal and has already sent a postcard back to Nolan. She picked up a really cute one at the toy museum. They had an amazing collection of Steiff bears. So of course, her postcard was a teddy bear!


At about 11:30 we caught a train from Munchen (pronounced Moonshen- Frank had a lesson from a couple of true Muncheners on the train!) to Salzburg. It was a lovely, snowy trip to the edge of the alps. Salzburg is at a higher elevation than Munich, so there is more snow on the ground. In fact when we arrived it was snowing quite hard – nice big flakes. We were so turned around when we came off the train, that we decided to pay the 6.00 euros and take a taxi. That was a good choice as we were heading in completely the wrong direction.

We are staying at the Hotel Markus Sittikus. It is okay – rather quirky. Old, with lots of character. The good news is that Haley has her own bed. It is also very central. Everything is within an easy walk.

We headed out for a nice lunch just around the corner at Sugelbrau, recommended by the hotel. I had a wonderful Mushroom Ghoulash with a delicious, gigantic dumpling. Wonderful!

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