Mia's Travel Blog https://journals.worldnomads.com/miaroliveri/ Sun, 5 Apr 2026 19:42:00 GMT World Nomads Adventures <p>New York City --&gt; Reykjavik --&gt; Munich!</p> <p>We landed on time at around 1:05 pm. Picked up checked luggage (only my backpack) and got our first meal at a food place near the gate. Half a roast chicken with &nbsp;a side of potato cucumber salad. And COFFEE because I was running on 24 hours of no quality sleep. Bought a ticket for the S-Bahn that would take us towards the city center, towards Grūnwald Stra&szlig;e where we are staying. It was like an unlimited day ticket for up to 5 people, valid until 6 am the following day, for &euro;20,40. I guess this is standard when you stopover at another European city (?) but we didn't have to get our passports stamped before leaving the airport.&nbsp;</p> <p>Christian's clear instructions from AirBnb brought us from the airport on the S8 line to Rosenheimerplatz (pretty much everything ends in platz or stra&szlig;e) and from there we took the Tram #15 to Theodolindenplatz (see?). The tram stop is only like half a block away from his house so it's very convenient. The public transport here is clean and fast and all electric as far as I can tell, but we haven't really gotten the hang of it yet. I wouldn't call it one of the easiest public transport systems I've encountered.&nbsp;</p> <p>After settling into our room, resting a bit, and showering we headed out towards Oktoberfest because it would be one of the only things open (oct 3 is German Unity Day). However by this time (7 pm local time) I was so hungry and exhausted that I didn't feel I could enjoy it. So instead we got off at Hauptbahnhof, which as we learned is a big- I want to say the main- train station in Munich. Shops were open there, as a German friend of mine had suggested they would be. After wandering a bit I bought a salami baguette (&euro;1,10!) and a fruit cup. Eating the fruit cup back at home base, I encountered an unknown fruit. It looked like an orange cherry tomato. It was kind of tart, with little seeds inside. No idea what it was really but it was tasty!</p> <p>We hit the sack around 9. Now I'm awake at 2:30 am. I thought I'd sleep through the night. Better get back to my attempt at a good nights rest!</p> https://journals.worldnomads.com/miaroliveri/story/107458/Germany/First-day-Munich Travel Germany miaroliveri https://journals.worldnomads.com/miaroliveri/story/107458/Germany/First-day-Munich#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/miaroliveri/story/107458/Germany/First-day-Munich Fri, 4 Oct 2013 03:04:00 GMT 2