Vienna to Munich

I thought I posted this last night, but Michael and I are sharing a T-mobile log-in here in Munich and he logged in while I was typing so all was lost. Oh well.

Yesterday started out pretty well. We entered the address of the hotel here in Munich and started driving. Unfortunately, when we got to the end of the street, the GPS apparently lost the signal, or the route. We spent about 10 minutes trying to get it to work before deciding to try a town in Austria, just to get out of Vienna - I had no idea which way to go. Fortunately, we picked up the signal again about 100 yds down the road and we were good to go. Turns out the CD we have been using did not include Germany, so I'm sure that was part of the problem.

Nice sunny day yesterday so we got a chance to see some of the scenery we missed the last time through in the rain. For some reason, the Austrians have erected what look like sound barrier walls along a lot of the highway. Not near any towns so maybe it's a safety thing? some are wood, others metal. Some are decorated.

Yesterday was a holiday in Bavaria and we saw hundreds of sailboats out on one of the lakes. - Chiemsee I think.

We were able to return the car to the Avis depot at the Hauptbahnhof, which saved us a trip out to the airport. Our hotel is about a block from the train station. In an "interesting" part of town, but way cheaper than the conference hotel. Like the US, the up scale hotels do not have free wi-fi. 8 E for 30 minutes. What's with that anyway?

We had dinner on the Marienplatz at one of the Bavarian places - Donils. Not bad, and we were serenaded by a small ensemble playing classical music. Apparently a number of musicians do this as we saw several - including a guy with a grand piano and another with a large didgeridoo.  They set up in the entryways of the stores along the pedestrian walkways.

Kath and Elisa found us at breakfast. There is a move afoot to visit a museum this morning.