I made it!

Yes, I arrived here safelz in Munich. No problems getting out of O'Hare or Philidelphia... the weather cooperated and was perfect! I had a longer layover in Philly than I thought (it ended up being 3.5 hrs instead of 2.5 hrs) because I apparently don't know how to calculate time. Michael was there to pick me up at the airport and we spent a while looking for his car... since he parked about as far away as one can get! But it was good because it gave us more time to talk and catch up a bit.
I walked around Marienplatz for a while on Wednesday since Michael needed to work on his thesis a bit more. Unfortunately, it was raining, so I wasn't able to sit outside at one of the beer gardens and people watch, but I still had fun. I met some random professor (who grew up in the states) while I was waiting for the subway... one of his students came up to me and asked me to take a survey... in German... which, of course, I don't really speak a lick of. So, I told him I don't speak German... and he apparently went back and told his professor... and I ended up taking the survey in English. It was a good conversation... he is a theology professor so the survey was about ones beliefs of Christianity... and got me thinking. After the survey, we just talked about Christianity for a while... not the typical conversation I'd expect to have in the U-Bahn station in Munich, but it was still good!
I was kind of jet lagged on Wednesday, so we didn't do too much. Oh yeah... so far I've only had pizza, bread, and hot dogs to eat... hahahah!!!
I'll share more later when I get time. I won't be able to upload any photos until I get back home in the states... so you will all have to wait for that!

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Disclaimer: This was written on a German laptop (whose keyboard is different from that in the states)... so bare with me if there are any typos (since it's telling me that just about every word is a typo since the language is set as German!).