Munchen -Part 1

Did you know that Munich is not really called Munich in German? Apparently they call it Munchen, and us English speakers changed it to Munich. Weird.

Munich was the last part of our trip after leaving behind all of our new friends in Karlsruhe. This meant that we were no longer staying with our buddies, but staying in hotel rooms with our classmates. This proved to be a bit of an awkward situation with our small group, and the European hotel rooms.

The first night we stayed at a hotel in Munich called Cocoon. It was a strange 70's style hotel with a theme around....you guessed it, cocoons. Now obviously (at least I hope it's obvious) I wasn't alive in the 70's so I'm going off of total speculation here, but the green and orange shag carpets and egg chairs made for an interesting blast from the past. The hotel itself was curious, but coming down to breakfast and hearing the 70's music blaring really made it like a trip through the twilight zone.

Here are some pictures of the hotel, and our room:

The lobby of the hotel

The tv stand had a mirror on the back and could rotate. 

I took a very nice nap in this chair. 

My classmate Darin in one of the egg chairs in the lobby.

What made the situation so awkward was that our group was small and uneven. There were only three of us girls total, so we had to share a room. This room had a cot, and a queen size bed. (Remember back in my overview how I explained that we had never met before...) The bed situation wasn't too difficult to navigate, but the bathroom situation was a bit more awkward. The bathroom had no real door. There was a sliding door that either covered the toilet or the shower. So to step in or out of the shower...you were totally exposed. AWKWARD. 

Toilet with the sliding door.

Thankfully I stayed with some amazing ladies and we worked out the situation with little discomfort. However, we were the lucky ones. The boys were stuck in rooms meant for only 2 people. And one student had to share with our professor. (This is a little less weird in that most of us are older non-traditional students. So it's not like there was some CRAZY age gap. However a nameless source did confide that the prof snored quite loudly through the night. AWKWARD!) The 2 people rooms had a similar bathroom set up with one exception....the sliding door was glass. Now that is one awkward situation I am glad I didn't have to navigate! 

So the first part of our adventure in Munich was our crazy 70's Cocoon hotel. It was quite an adventure, and we haven't even gotten to the city yet!