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Grüße aus Deutschland

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Guten Morgen!

The flight arrived in Munich about 45 minutes early – it was not the best sleep, but better than my last trip over where I couldn’t sleep a bit…   I took the S-Bahn (Schnell or Fast train) downtown, caught the bus and am at the hotel.  The hotel is an old “mansion” that has been converted into a hotel.  The room is clean, quiet, and I have a place to sleep tonight.

I’m off to wander around Munich for the day – as most museums are closed on Monday.  Tomorrow should  be interesting – I have to decide whether to go to Salzburg or stay in Munich: it’s Fasching, so I’m leaning toward Munich…

(If you don’t know what Fasching is – find out what tomorrow is in Galveston or New Orleans – just with a German flair…)

Tschüß!

From the AirFrom the Air 2Flughaven München Franz-Josef StraussOur Plane - AC 846/Boeing 767Hotel UhlandMein ZimmerDas WC

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One Leg Down…

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Greetings from Toronto Pearson International Airport – home of the steel and glass generic airport – I suspect I’ll see several of these along the way – but maybe I’ll be pleasantly suprised.

The flight from Houston was delayed 30 minutes due to a snow storm up here – nothing like coming out of the clouds to a white “floor” below.  Flight #1 was an Air Canada Jazz Canadair (Bombardier) Regional Jet (CRJ-705) – bigger than the RJs that UnitedContinental flies, but still small (I couldn’t stand fully upright in the aisleways and the restrooms made it “interesting” – no room to turn…).  Uneventful flight – hard to believe that I can be in Houston and 2 1/2 hours later I’m in Canada – then (after a break) only 8 hours to get to München!

Hopefully I will sleep on the plane after not getting much sleep last night due to a cat issue at home (she’s fine now – the 5:30am trip to the Vet ER wasn’t fun, though).

Seh’ Ihnen in Deutschland!

Tschüß!

Pictures to follow – I’m on an Air Canada terminal with no mobile upload capability…  Also, the times are listed in CET – Central European Time – thus it showing as being posted on March 7, even though it’s March 6 where I am right now.

If you want to reach me while I’m on the trip – e-mail me at   

europe (at) wheresgoofy (dot) net

  (you’ll have to convert to a real address – gotta keep the spammers out for the next 2 weeks…

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At Intergalactic Airport Houston

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

I’m here, checked in, and waiting on a delayed plane from Toronto. I’ve already found the first thing I forgot – the cable to connect my phone to the computer (to use the phone as my internet connection – and my computer does not have bluetooth). Time to go shopping…

Checked In:
Checked In at Air Canada

At the Gate:
At the Gate

(Don’t you just love the “Pictures with the camera at arms length”?!?!?!)

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