As it closes in on the end of my second week here, I have quite a bit running through my mind. My tim
e here is spent well, I have seen so many things and experienced as much as I could. It seems like I've been here far longer than I actually have but at the same time, these two weeks have flown by. Today was the end of the first week of classes at JYM. This morning we had class til 12:30 and were let out. I had the whole afternoon to myself. I decided I might as well do some sightseeing while I had the good weather and the time. My first stop was the grass outside the Alte Pinakothek which is an art museum. I sat there and read while some people I was hanging out with ate in the Mensa (it's like a cafeteria...that's pretty cheap). After we met up we went to schlecker and i finally got some hairspray!! woo hoo! Then we headed toward home.
We had planned to ride bike (and I would
run) to the Chinese Tower; however, my knee has been giving me some trouble. I'm kind of worried about it at this point because it's so close to the marathon and it hurts while I walk. We'll see how it reacts to my run tomorrow (i'm planning on going about 2 1/2 hours) so i'll take a dose of advil before I head out. Anyway, because my knee has been giving me some trouble and I can't avoid all the walking I have to do in the city, I decided we would just go see the Chinese Tower tomorrow afternoon instead.
So, instead of making our way the the Chinese Tower today, we headed to another must see in Munich...the Nymphenburg Castle. After a short nap, Clare and I headed out for the evening.
Once we were at the closest spot we could get to the castle by the U-bahn we headed out on foot. A lady I asked said it's quite the trip over there...about 45 minutes of walking. Luckily it didn't end up taking that long. We were by the bridge at least in 15 minutes. This castle is HUGE. It may not be the tallest one, but it sure is spread out over an enormous area. All we did pretty much was walk up to the
castle, looked inside to find that you
had to pay a price to go on a tour (which we didn't want to do), walked through a gate the the back garden, walked all around
there, and headed back for the U-bahn. On our way we did make a pit stop for some ice cream which was
delicious by the way! and we headed back.
This evening i came back and relaxed and had a plate of pasta. I was delicious!
