Germany

Arrival. We arrived in Munich at around 9pm and headed straight to the hotel. The taxi driver was honest, pleasant and drove a current model Mercedes. What a breath of fresh air.

Hotel. We stayed at the Novotel along the river’s edge. Good facilities and spacious rooms. It would be our last hotel in Europe. Saddening in that it made us acknowledge our time was coming to an end but pleasing as we knew our time scouring the internet for good hotels in a central location with the right facilities at a nice price was also almost over. I have to admit, Vicki did all of the scouring. It’s a tough job and one worth outsourcing!

Mmmm-mmmm-mmmm… Due to the late arrival (can you feel an excuse coming on?) we took to the golden arches for a quick bite before bed. We were looking forward to an early start the following morning. We’d heard good things about Munich and were itching to experience it for ourselves.

Munich Film Festival. Websters defines fluke as a stroke of luck or good fortune. Thanks Dr Webster, that’s exactly what it was. Upon admiring the many sights during the taxi ride, we noticed that Munchen Filmfest posters were plastered across the city. Sorry to gloat but that means we were in Cannes for the Cannes Film festival and Munich for the Munchen Filmfest, all in the same year. I must say, it does feel good.