Monday, August 22, 2011

Munich later Sunday.

We both slept for a couple of hours after arriving at the hotel, and woke a bit groggy and disoriented. I wonderd how long I had been asleep. We decided we were hungry and took the underground back to the central train station. There are lots of people there even though it is Sunday, and many small restaurants and shops. We wander around trying to decide what to eat and wanting to try some local food. We sit at a table in a small cafe. The waitress brings us menus in German and I ask for English. She apologizes for her poor English and brings the menus. We both order a salad, David gets one with sliced sausage on   it. Mine is sliced turkey. Maybe we are just hungry, but this tastes really good!
When we finish eating, David wants to try asking for the check in German. My I phone has an app with some German, so I look it up. The German phrase is "Die Rechnung, bitte" (The check please) The waitress is not expecting him to speak in German, and she thinks he is saying "restroom" in English, so she brings him a token for the pay toilet. We try to explain, but she is not getting it. So we ask in English for the check and she brings it. So much for trying to speak the language!
By now we are getting tired again and besides, the hotel has told us that the airlines usually bring lost bags in between 6 and 7 pm. We are eager to see if they have arrived and head back to the hotel. By now we have the underground figured out and can even pick the correct exit to come up to ground level at the hotel. But, to our disappointment, the luggage is not here. I offer a quick prayer to ask God to work this out.
We head to bed and quickly fall asleep, but wake off and on during the night as our bodies think it is daytime. My cell phone rings at 4 AM. It is Tammi wanting to chat. It is 78 PM where she is, and she has forgotten when we were to head out for the trip. We catch up briefly. By now, it almost 4:30 and seems time to get up, so we dress and I go to type a blog before the dining room opens at 6:30 for breakfast.

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