On boarding the flight for Amsterdam last night in Toronto I spotted Miss Muffett well a darn good impression anyway.The flights went well and on my wait for a flight to Munich I met a Dutch guy who was coming to Munich for the day to teach a class of Russians I didn't ask.Most of the coffee shops at Schipol are Starbucks so I grabbed a coffee from the one Dutch shop I found STRONG I didn't need a plane to take off had a touch of the Kramer's when I walked the mile in 4 minutes to the Gate. Schipol comes from Ships Pool as it used to be part of a lake the only part deep enough to accept ships so the Dutch guy told me.
An uneventful flight to Munich but then found my German was not as good as I thought.
Even talking louder did not work. I was told a taxi from the Fluggport to Munich Stadt was about 45 minutes and expensive so decidedx to take the bus which bus was a problem after getting a bunch of Niens decided to ask a couple of workers walking by as by now I was the only person at this busstop. They convinced me to take the train at least that is what I understood from their gestations. Back into the terminal where I found an Inquiry Booth where the very nice German Lady told me emphatically that I needed the bus notinsee the Train back out of the terminal, fortunately the two work men had moved on probably caught a bus. Hooray this bus goes to the Stadt as the Turkish driver infomed me with more gestations, I can see my German will improve the more I rotate my arms in rapid movement obviously it adds impetus to speech. 45 minutes later I was at the Stadt which actually was the Bahnhoff so more gestations from the driver to which I replied with a few gestations of my own. When he adopted the fighting position I picked up my luggage and hurried off unfortuately in the wrong direction after a few blocks i did a u-turn and managed to actually locate the hotel the name of which I still cannot pronounce Europaischer. Next time I'm booking Motel 6. What I have failed to mention in all of this is that today it is hotter than Las Vegas, and of course my room I mean zimmer 3'X3' does not have airconditioning so I am writing this in the traditional English way in my underware with a knotted hankerchief on my head.
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