Whirlwind touring!

So...I apologize in advance if this post is incoherent, but I'm passing time in the middle of the night in London en route from Athens to Copenhagen!

So much to share--for those of you that want to read no further here are the main ideas:
1. Munich=freezing, delicious beer, nice people, lauren getting lost/has no sense of direction/still not really fluent or with any sort of working german:(

2. Athens=deceptively freezing when sun was not out. longer days this time of year which was refreshing. Plane ride in most beautiful part, dirty dirty dirty city, AMAZING food, i'd stick with the islands.

Ok, so about the actual trip. I left Jessica bright and early on Thursday and took a 4.5 hour train to Munich..use clickandrail for discounts!!! I mainly slept, which is always awkward when traveling alone because each time I woke up, a new stranger was sitting across from me:) Closer to Munich there were many giant grave stones with Jewish stars--fairly overwhelming as Dachau was just outside of Munich. I opted not to visit alone and irritable...
I stored my stuff in a locker at the train station ( i LOVE european public transit) and took off on an adventure. At one point it was -10 C and snowing heavily, I couldn't warm up and ducked into a pub for lunch. I had goulosh (say it outloud, so much better!) and a half liter of DELICIOUS lager. The old man bartender and some retired BM'V' workers served as company (and my journal) and I warmed up. I then braved the weather again and genuinely enjoyed Munich--successfully navigating their subway to the airport. I stayed in a hotel which I regret not documenting. I opened the door and laughed. The room was SO small. It was also FREEZING. I couldn't warm up, there was no heater..it was only after i showered etc that i realized the window was open...a good 3 hours later:(

The next day it was off to Athens! I caught up with my friend and we explored many ruins and enjoyed the Greek culture. Greek sounds a lot like spanish and it gave me a false sense of comprehension. We soon established that when spoken to in Greek, you could just mumble nonsense and people understood and thanked you for your help. Everyone also spoke English so I felt less like a 5 year old compared to Germany. We met up with a local friend--Carolina, on Saturday and she TOOK our Saturday. It was great to be immersed in her journalist, bohemia society, but we literally were with the woman for a good 6 hours and kept trying to leave. She started us at a fruit market and then we drank ouzo on an empty stomach. Wow. I would not recommend this. Regardless it was great to have a local tour guide, but we felt EXTREMELY liberated when we got to roam freely. The food in Greece was a definite highlight (and the acropolis...). They put a huge slab of feta on their greek salads. also, sesame seeds, why does our culture fail to use them as effectively? Well, I would love to share more, but my internet is about to run out...Soon I'll be on my way to Copenhagen! Hope all are well!