Munich, Germany

After 24 hours of the first leg of our trip we were exhausted. Jet lag hit us hard and the time difference with an overnight flight did not help anything. When we got to the airport Paul’s luggage was way overweight with all of his drum gear so they suggested that Paul gave half of his stuff to me, and we upgrade to first class so we get more weight distributed per person which would end up costing less than paying the fee’s on being overweight. We drew straws and unfortunately I didn’t get the seat (maybe on the way back) but they had tons of free alcohol and were kinda drunk getting out of the airport and through customs in Germany at about 8am. Funny side-not story, one of Paul’s friend from high school was on the plane and she was sitting behind us so we gave her a ride into Munch and hung out with her for the day. I got a smoothie to get something in my stomach when we were greeted by “Ed the Duck.” Ed is the band manager for the tour and his company is called Ed the Duck, there are lots of rubber ducks in his cars and he has tattoos of ducks on his body. The guy is super nice and the van is pretty awesome. 2 big bunks, 2 bench chairs and then the bench and drivers seat up front. It is still pretty freaky to wake up and look towards the driver side and realize he is on the other side. We ended up walking around and getting some pizza and a pizza bar. Paul and I split peppers with ham and salami and I had a Fanta. Waiting for the food I fell asleep sitting up in a chair twice, something else that was a new experience for me. Paul and I dropped off his friend and the German subway (crazy) and then walked back to the van where we decided to get a hotel for the night.