Holiday part 3!

It is now my last official day on holiday, although yesterday actually being my last day abroad in Munich.
Again in this blog I'm just going to continue on from what I was writing previously.

On our third full day, Thursday, we had to change our plans slightly, due to the change in weather from sun to rain. Instead of going into Munich city centre to go shopping, we decided to stay at home until after lunch, and spend the morning at the house. In the afternoon we all decided to drive over to the massive Ikea, and other shops at this retail park so we could shop inside out of the rain. Due to the Ikea being even larger then any of the ones I've been to in England, it took up quite a lot of the afternoon to get round it.

For the evening on Thursday, as it was going to be my last night there, my friend Matthew, had planned for his sister Lauren, my brother, himself, and me to catch the bus and head over to the village they used to live at a couple of kilometres away. Once at the village we went over to the football club that Matthew plays for, which had a sort of pub/club house, where anyone could get a meal and drinks. As the weather was now turning back to normal we all sat outside and had a meal, which included massive portions, and then got ourselves a couple of drinks to have with it.
After a few hours, it started to turn dark at a tad cold, so we then decided to head inside and continue to order a few more drinks.

Now I've not been in many pubs before for a drink, but I have always enjoyed the idea of sitting down to have a drink and chatting with people, instead of going to clubs, to dance and drink just for the sake of drinking. Not long after being inside did Matthew start to chat with the owners of the pub, a brilliant couple who he'd known through several years of going there to play football, and to have a drink. I then after a short while went to join him. To cut a long story short, that's where we stayed for the rest of the evening, chatting to this couple, and also for a while with the waitress Nancy who Matthew knew. By the end of the night, we'd chatted about loads of different things, they'd said about how long they'd been there, and where they came from, and I'd managed to learn a few things in German. To make everything even better, at the end of the night, Peter the husband, gave Matthew and me, four free beers to take home, and Dragana his wife offered lauren, sam, matthew and me a ride home.

This last night was the furthest distance possible away from what my normal nights out in England are like, and I have to say it was amazing. Really can't wait to do it again.

On friday, we decided now as the weather was good, to go into Munich city centre and go shopping. Whilst we were there we also went to the Munich Hoffbrauhaus, which I think I'm right in saying is the largest drinks hall in Germany.
After a long day of popping in and out of shops and also doing a little bit of sight seeing, we then headed back to the house, which once there I proceeded to begin packing my bag, which luckily didn't take too long. After a quick dinner, I said goodbye to everyone at the house and headed off down to the airport.

After this point, my journey home began, and as its me, several things of course went wrong. However as I am not yet home, and am writing this blog on the train, having left Kings Cross about an hour and a half ago, I'm going to leave the events of last night and today till another blog.
Wish me luck on making it home on time.
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Holiday...Continued

Its now our second full day out here in Munich, and half way through my stay. Just wanted to recap a few things that have happened since the last blog on monday.

Getting through the airport on monday wasn't as much of a hassle as I expected it to be, however I did set off the metal detectors, and so had to take everything out of my pockets and take off my shoes. When it came to taking off, and landing it was absolutely fine, don't know what all the fuss is about. Looking out the window whilst in the air was amazing, never seen anything like it, being above the clouds like that. I can definatly say, I love flying.

For our first day, yesterday, we decided to have a bit of a lie in, due to being up quite late the night before, and then straight after lunch to go swimming in the lake about 20/25 mins walk away. This lake was amazing, just like one out of a film, really clean, clear water, a bit cold but was brilliant to swim around in, especially on such as hot day. There was also room for the others who just wanted to chill and lay in the sun.

Today the plan was to go into Munich to the outdoor Olympic stadium/village area, where there was a festival being held with fun fair. At the fun fair we of course had to go on one of the rides, and so went on one called Top Spin, where u were spun backwards, forwards, over your head, hung over water.....it was really good I thought, however my little sister wasn't such a big fan of it. The other also wanted to go on the trampolines, and I decided to go on with them. What a mistake that was though. After about a minute a jumped, landed on my back and felt something slip, a shock go down my spine, and my head start to spin. I'm doing a lot better now, but I do think that I won't go on a trampoline for a while.

After that little incident, my mum and me decided to go up the large tower nearby, where they had a revolving cafe, and a viewing platform up on the 183rd floor. Needless to say up there we could see lots of Munich and took loads of pictures.

From the tower we then headed over to the BMW museum. Although it was in a way a museum, it was also like a car show room, as there were new cars on display and salesman like people wandering around the floor. It did look so cool though. I even took a visit to the gift shop, which oddly had an Apple store inside, and a Mini gift shop.

During the visit to the museum, outside it turned from hot and cloudy, to pouring it down with rain. At which point we decided to head back on the train. With the exception of my back injury, it was a really good day. Topped of with another great evening of chatting with Matthew, and everyone bringing up old memories and talking about our old schools.

At the moment I'm not quite sure what were doing tomorrow, I think the plan so far is that we'll be going to Ikea and maybe some other shopping in Munich city centre. Tomorrow however is my last evening here, so will definatly be going out with Matthew, for a last good night out, will find out tomorrow where we'll be off and if we're meeting anyone out there. Again I can't wait. This really has been an awesome holiday!
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Holiday!

Today's the day that we've been waiting for, when we're finally leaving and going on holiday!

As I'm writing this we're literally just leaving Scarborough, where we're heading out to York to quickly pick up a few more things we didn't get, and then on to Manchester Airport. It feels so nice to get the chance to leave home, and put normal life on hold for a while.

I am really looking forward to this holiday, however I am also a bit apprehensive. We're going out to Munich to stay with friends that we knew when we used to live in Milton Keynes. The reason I'm slightly apprehensive is mainly because I haven't seen them in about 10 years, and so am wondering how much we've all changed in that time.

Another reason for being apprehensive though, is because of the flying. I've only once in my life been on a plane and I was about 1 and a half at the time, and so don't remember it. When I've asked friends about flying, half usually say they love it, and the other half say that its dreadful, hence apprehension. I've always thought that I'd be alright when it came to planes though, so all should be fine.

This morning we packed up the car, got all the paper work, passports, locked all the windows, unplugged everything in the house, the usual chaotic pre-holiday routine, but now we're 99.99% sure we've got everything. Why is it though, that always when your going on holiday, at the very back of your mind, there's this tiny little voice saying you've forgotten something?
Another holiday thing I've also noticed recently, is why is it that even though I've had weeks to get ready, to buy stuff and pack, I still followed the traditional holiday procedure and left it till the night before?

Although I'll be busy whilst I'm out there, this will hopefully be the first of several holiday blogs recording what happens over the next 6 days, until the time I get home. Can't wait to see what this week holds.
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