This is my first trip to Europe and I covered Munich, Germany and Krakow, Poland.
Actually it was like 2 days at Munich so I did not get to see much. Except the first thing as always that hits you is how technically superior the Germans are. It is there in the little things that they do - the economy of movements, the almost taken for granted advanced access controls and that iron will that forces you to tow the line. I am not sure if I will be that ruthless in my meetings. Here we were entering a meeiting and the first thing the host told us was there was a hard stop at 1.30 and the meeting has to end then even if we were in the middle of a sentence. I felt truly welcomed!!!!
On the way back to the airport I came across the steel wonder that was the Munich olympic stadium and simply stared at what man could create by just twisting and bolting steel together. The Allianze Arena which looks like a massive white dome during the day lights up to a stunning shade of red at night that catches your eye.
The Audi global headquarters stands boldly right in the heart of the city and the 5 floors of gleaming audi cars that you can catch a glipmse of, define pure driving pleasure.
All in all a great experience. And yes, you need to know German. all the street signs are in German only - if you are used to the US, then you can make out the signs of exit and the next Strasue by the arrow marks alone.
The best thing to do would be to get the Google maps in German and continue.
As longs as there is Google there is hope for us yet.
