Munich's Own Schaumburg, or Topeka, or Galveston...

With the weather projected to be at its best today, the Dave's, Chris and I ventured one and a half hours to Salzburg (yep, it's like driving to Schaumburg from downtown Chicago, or Topeka from Kansas City, or Houston to Galveston). So with the fog rolling through the hills that are alive, we drove through the countryside at around 130 mph. And unlike two weeks ago, there wasn't any traffic. Once in Salzburg, we found the infamous Baum Kuchen and chocolate covered "big as your head" pretzels that made our list of "tasty treats" from 2006. But the most intriguing discovery of the day was a small cemetery around the corner from the base of the Hohensalzburg Fortress. The graves are decorated with planters and ornate metal headstones and are truly both peaceful and spectacular.

Four hours later, we hopped back in the car and returned to Munich to meet our other friends arriving from Chicago including Patrick, Matt, Paul and Tom who are houseguests until next Monday. So as you can imagine, it's going to be a busy week. Not only will my blogging be a bit sporadic (between all the beers I'm going to try to consume without vomiting), but all the activities are going to plop hiccups in my gym schedule and diet as well. It's good there's not another Mykonos on the horizon until early or late winter. I have time to play catch-up.