I just spent about 3 hours of our beautiful Saturday trying to get a SIM card for my phone that works.  I’ll spare you the boring details and just say that I now have a European SIM card.  The only problem is that it doesn’t work.  SIM card sad boy is going to get on a bicycle with my lovely wife and ride away my SIM card blues.  More colorful stories to come.

Adam

Here’s the picture that Ali took of me as I was composing my first blog post ever.  I’m sitting the in courtyard outside our AirBnB.  Off to find rental bikes!

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Lots of people write travel blogs about how to pack, what to see, and ways to avoid disasters while on a journey. I am no expert at travel. I will leave that to the professionals. All you will find here are my humble experiences of the people I meet, the joys I encounter and how my thinking is growing as one ordinary person on this glorious planet. I hope this inspires you to step out of your comfort zone and speak to someone new today.

Even though it is very awkward for me (since I don’t speak German), I know that I must begin each day with stepping out. It is amazing what one can find and learn with persistence. Adam is taking the subway each day to work and impressively made it all week including our first day here. Munich is safe, clean and orderly. Therefore, I will continue to adventure out.

The Viktualienmarkt (Victuals Market) is Munich’s central food market with vegetables and fruits that can’t be found anywhere else in the region, delicious cheeses, meats, sea food, breads, honey products, rare and spices. Exploring this market is like a scavenger hunt with no clues when you can’t read German. I did find one very friendly man who spoke English and had an all vegan stall with gluten free cookies. Of course I bought those.

The largest and most interesting mushrooms I have ever seen.

I am using this as my motto for the week. As you start to walk out the way, the way appears. – Rumi

So far, so good.

Love to all,

Ali