FUN-travel: Prague, Czech Republic to Munich, Germany
September 22, 2013 by Susan Clarke
Day 5 – Friday, September 20 – Prague, Czech Republic to Munich, Germany – cloudy, overcast, 50’s
What I LIKE
Oktoberfest Opening Day
- 7:15 – hot cappuccino
Oktoberfest Opening Day
- 8:30 taxi to station
- only takes 5 minutes
- *nice railroad worker wants to help us
- taking the train & not flying
- 9:05 – board
- 9:15 – depart on time
- 1st class Eurail pass
- 3:45 – arrive Munich
- taxi easy to Munich City Hotel
- only 5 minutes away
- *Daniel @ front desk gets us a bigger room – 5 ft longer (50 sq ft makes a difference)
- 5:00 – Happy Hour @ Hacker-Pschorr – litre of Oktoberfest beer & Nürenburg sausages w/sauerkraut – just so-so – $22
- 7:00 – dinner adventure begins – 1st stop Italian – only has 1 kind of red wine & turns out to be owned by Hacker-Pschorr
- 7:05 – head back to hotel for recommendation – told to head north down the street for Italian restaurants
- 7:30 – stop @ Best Western to ask for more directions
- 7:45 – stumble upon Pipasa – great server & food – pizza diavolo w/spicy sausage, jalapenos & red onion & Mediterranean salad w/olives, peppers, tomatoes, onions & feta – Collefriso Zero Montepulciano d’Abruzzi – VG! Only 47 Euros
What I DON’T LIKE
Oktoberfest Opening Day
- 3:30 am wakeup – not staying asleep
- *it’s a shakedown – wants 8 Euros (that won’t happen again)
- train is full of tourists going to Munich for Oktoberfest
- we have no seat reservation & 1st class is full (luckily we got 2 seats)
- train is 40 minutes late arriving
- 5 minute taxi ride costs $14 Euro
- *room is teeny, tiny – no room for luggage (seriously, this is smaller than a cruise ship cabin)
- head back downstairs to front desk to inquire about another room
- this is the most expensive hotel room we’ve ever had (I know it’s Oktoberfest, but 3 X’s mark up?)
FUN-fact – The TV Tower is 70 stories high and has a richly furnished “6 star” hotel room offering breathtaking views of Prague for only 1000 Euros a night which includes a limousine and driver.
Oktoberfest Opening Day