Die Ankunft (Arrival!)

What a busy day! Upon arrival in Munich at the Munich central train station, the tour was scheduled to start in just a couple of hours.  The train ride from Regensburg to Munich had endured a few delays and there was even an unannounced stop that had a whole lot of people exiting the train and jumping on a different train.  The announcements were all in German, and so I could only catch the overall concept of the message, and struggled with some of the less common words.  I could tell from the reactions of may of the grumpy train passengers that we were in for a bit of a delay.  Many others opted to jump to a different train.  I decided to ride out the delay, because we definitely weren't being told that we had to exit the train and there were still a number of passengers patiently waiting onboard for the train and after about 30-45 minutes, the train was moving onward again.  The walk from the train station to the hotel was a bit of a distance, but not too bad because most of the walk was on a pedestrian mall with no traffic. I would guess the walk was less than two miles or so, but it was a fun walk to check out the city and see the sights along the way. The Hotel Isartor would be home for the next 2 nights, both of which were included with the tour. This room had a nice  view of city life in Munich. In the photo below, I'm reaching out of the window in the hotel room and greeting Munich. The Best of Munich, Salzburg and Vienna  tour would be starting in a couple of  hours, so there was time to visit the Christmas market just down the street before the official orientation meeting to start the tour.  Day 1: The tour started at 4:00 pm with a welcome meeting and some local novelties gifted to us by Barbara, our tour guide. We then went on a brief city tour and headed to dinner with the group (see picture above) to wrap up the evening. Day 2: The only full day in Munich. Day 3: Our last day in Munich as we headed to Austria and the city of Salzburg.