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(Comments from trip report) ...Our first destination was by back roads to Riedenburg on the river, a quaint small town and a favorite of the Germans on vacation. Unfortunately, since leaving the inn we had thick fog and this continued. We weren’t able to see much, the river cruise planned was closed for the season; and after roaming a bit, we headed out, again on back roads south toward Munich. After leaving the river valley the fog dissipated, and as the day progressed the sun came out on a beautiful blue-sky day. We arrived about 1:00 at our next hotel, the
Langasthof-Obermeier at Oberappersdorf, a small town about 30 miles north of Munich.

It was a large room on the second floor, and I lugged my 50 pound bag upstairs again. In the afternoon I decided to do my laundry consisting of five sets of underwear, two shirts and socks. They are hung in the shower stall to dry, and, since we would be here two nights, they dry before we depart.

Then we rode a few miles down German road 301 to Freising so that Erskine could research how to catch the commuter train at Freimann next day to travel into Munich. There is a great advantage to using the train because the traffic and parking in Munich is prohibitive. With the inner city ticket and the cheaper price for two people for the day one can travel all over the city on that ticket. The ticket for both will be E 10.50 or E 5.25 each for all day, for the entire inner city. Pretty cheap compared to using the car. Parking at the ‘Park and Drive’ train station is E 1.00 for the day. We took a walk up the hill near the village of Oberappersdorf to work up an appetite… probably about a mile. I took a picture of the village with the church in the center.

All villages have their church, regardless of the size, and here in Bavaria, the denomination is Catholic. In the northern part of Germany it is mostly Protestant. We went to supper in the Gasthaus dining room and had very tender beef and spatze, a noodle, and a half-liter of beer. With the beer the price was E 8.20; without the beer the price would have been E 6.20 including a soup, entrée, and salad.

Day 7

Today began with the usual delicious German breakfast. We skipped storing away a roll, bread, and cheese for lunch, and decided to eat from the ‘street’ in Munich. The ride down from Oberappersdorf was about 25 miles, but using local highway 301 through Freising was very slow. We parked the car in a Park and Ride near the Kieferngarten U6-Bahn station. Erskine bought the E 8.00 Partner (2 to 5 people included) daily ticket, good for anywhere in the inner city ring. My half was E 4.00. The procedure requires that before leaving the station you must validate the ticket in a blue meter in the station. Failure to do this, if checked by the bahn police on the train, can result in a hefty fine...