Train Rome to Munich
Serlonga to Munich. Sadly we had to say goodbye to our Italian and English friends and head north to Germany. As we’d travelled that path before we decided to just get ourselves on a train and go for it. Well after we’d spent the night in Rome, as there was no early train from Sperlonga to Rome we decided to stay the night there in order to catch an early train in the morning, heading straight to Munich, with a train change in Padova, would get us there late afternoon.
As we had decided to stay as close to the train station as possible we saw another side of Rome, which unfortunately we have been seeing in almost every city in Europe. There were lots and lots of young men seemingly just ‘hanging around’.
I know train stations have always been places where one must take extra care, but the situation appears to expanded dramatically over the past few years. Felt decidedly uncomfortable even walking out of our hotel just to get a quick snack for dinner.
But these feelings were quickly left behind when we boarded our train in the morning. Excited to be heading north plus hoping for some cooler weather.
Unfortunately, the further north we went the hotter it got, but the spectacular scenery whilst the train headed up through the Brenner pass in Austria still amazed us – even though we’ve been that way before.
When we arrived in Munich in the late aftertoon we found ourselves, once again, being surrounded by what the hotel clerk blatently called ‘the refugee situation’. These young men didn’t seem threatening, but the number of them standing around the entrance and exits of the train stations did create a sense of intimidation.
Waking up in our hotel, we headed down for breakfast to be greated by cold meat, cheese, boiled eggs, lettuce and tomatoes and lots of bread rolls. Yep, we’re back in Germany. Yeh!