Italy and Beyond

 Or as they say/spell it here - München. It was nice to just relax and get up at our leisure this morning.  Our goals for the day were to see the main plaza and the place where Oktoberfest is held.  In one day, we can’t do much more than that. We had some coffee in our room, so that was fine.  When we set off on our travels, we found a nice little restaurant and had some very tasty croissants.  Then we made our way to Marienplatz.  The buildings on the way there are just beautiful.  Here are a couple, and one of a quartet in the street - playing Pachelbel’s Canon as we walked by - reminds me of a funny Youtube video called the Pachelbel Rant.   This town is gearing up for a football (soccer) game tonight.  Romania vs Netherlands.  I did a short video of the crowd - a real pep rally - but it won’t load into this blog. Anyway, apart from that, the square is absolutely beautiful.  Since 1158 it has been the cultural centre of Munich.  The church at one end The old town hall The Mariensäul

 This morning we got up after a good night’s sleep, packed up and headed off to Munich, via Liechtenstein and Austria.  Where else but in Europe can you be in 4 countries in one day…all before noon! The speed limit in Switzerland is 120 kmh.  At the beginning of Austria, it was 130 kmh!  But after awhile, it was 120 the rest of the way - mostly.  With the little car we have, 110 is a struggle. Not sure how fast this thing can go: Unfortunately, it was a little rainy this morning and the Alps were covered with clouds, so couldn’t get any decent pictures of them as we left them behind.  Maybe when we return through Lucerne it will be better 🙏. For a while it looked like we were just driving through Ontario.  Until we would see a sign here and there that was in German. We found our hotel in downtown Munich around 3:30 this afternoon, got checked in, parked, and into our room for a nice break.  One thing we notice here in Europe (or at least the countries we’ve been in) is that the use of