Germany, then Romania

As with most trips to interesting places there’s so much to do and see and so little time for it all. Plus, I still seem to be making up for sleep I lost on the flight over to Munich, Germany. I actually napped for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon for the first time in so long…hey, it’s vacation.

Here’s a short summary of the trip thus far –

This past Saturday was spent enjoying Munich, Germany. We discovered Octoberfest begins this next Saturday, so our timing was perfect to get in and out before the crowds arrived.

Sunday, a tour was taken to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area and to the top of Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. Beautiful country (photo above) and villages, and the views from Zugspitze were breathtaking.

Monday, travel from Munich to Bucharest, Romania. The ride from the Bucharest airport to our hotel probably deserves a post of it’s own. For now let’s just say that it was a breathtaking adventure.

Tuesday and Wednesday, has been used absorbing the eclectic style and environment of Bucharest. I’m finding it more then I expected in so many interesting ways…a city of contrast…more on that later too.

As you would expect there are many photos being taken which I’ll share in the coming weeks. I’ll also share some thoughts and observations I’ve been jotting down. I want to give these impressions some time to mature before writing about them — but I’m keeping notes.

Traveling with only an iPad is working better then I thought. I’m shooting in RAW with both the Olympus E-P2 and Cannon S90 and am using the iPad to process and post those I want with the Blogsy App. I’ll do a post on the workflow/Apps I used once we return — the workflow is still being fine tuned as I go.

Thus far, it’s been a wonderful journey. I’d visited Munich years ago but this is my first time in Romania. We’ll remain in Romania until Friday morning, when we fly to Amsterdam.