Day 9 - Brussels to London

We woke up and had breakfast in our room.  Within half an hour we were all ready to head out.  We had about 20 minutes to explore Brussels before we really needed to hit the road since our reservation for the ferry was at 2:00.  It was amazing what we packed in to a short 20 minutes!

We made it to the ferry dock just in time, though there was a scare about being bumped to the next ship.  The ride back across the Channel was far smoother than before.  The weather was also much better so the view was really nice.

The drive from Dover to London was quick so we decided to stop at Peter Jones to pick up birthday presents for Sophie and Andy.

It was nice to finally be home after such a long trip!

Day 8 - Munich to Brussels

We hit the road around noon, just after checking out of the hotel.  We headed north for about an hour before we hit traffic.  We decided to abandon the GPS in favor of Google Maps directions so we cut across Germany toward Nurnberg.

We thought it would be interesting to check out the Nazi Rally Grounds, though we didn't have a map of the city and the GPS failed us once again.  After driving around the city for an hour we called my mom for info (uggg, it's painful to have a G1 but to be too cheap to pay for data roaming!) and she managed to read some German and give us the address.

The view from the top of the podium was errie.  It's hard to imagine there could be that much hate in the world.

The rest of the drive to Brussels was uneventful, though it did take another 7 or so hours.  We finally checked in to our hotel around 1am and went straight to bed.

Day 7 - Munich

After breakfast we took the U-Bahn a few stops to Marienplatz in the center of Munich.  We were really rushing to get there in time to see the Glockenspiel.

We climbed to the top of St. Peter's Church (Edison climbed all 306 stairs!) where we enjoyed a great view of Munich.

We had a very long and relaxing lunch at the Hofbräuhaus and then made our way back to our hotel in time for a fun swim in their pool.

We had dinner at the hotel (an American themed restaurant) and then had another movie night in our room.