Oct 27

We checked out of our time share resort and headed towards Munich.  The temperature was 5C and it was overcast with light rain.  After an hour the temperature had dropped to 1C and the rain turned to snow, but the road & ground still retained enough heat to prevent the snow from accumulating.  We got to our hotel about 3 hours after leaving Oberstaufen but couldn't check in yet.  We found a gas station to fill the tank, returned to the hotel to unload the luggage and, while Pat guarded the luggage, I returned the car.  By that time we got checked in and decided to walk to the old town.  Our hotel is across from the main train station at the edge of the historic district.  It was alternating rain and snow, cold & windy.  The pedestrian shopping streets and Rathaus square were crowded with Saturday afternoon shoppers and beer drinkers.  We hadn't expected weather this cold and didn't bring winter hats so we stopped at a C&A department store and bought stocking hats which made things much more comfortable.  A little over 3 hours of walking in this weather was enough for us and we returned to the hotel for a cocktail in the room.  We went to a good German restaurant next to the hotel for dinner.  Pat had pork knuckle and I had a selection of 6 different sausages with sauerkraut.  It was too early to retire so we found a small bistro nearby for a glass of wine.  We sat at the bar next to a couple of young women, one American and the other Canadian, who are teaching in an International Baccalaureate program in Istanbul and were having a short break in Munich during the Muslim 4 day holiday (the holiday that was supposed to be a ceasefire in Syria.)  It was an interesting conversation and lasted through 2 glasses of wine.   We went back to the hotel, set our clocks back an hour (daylight time ends Sunday morning in Europe) and went to sleep.