By Bernard Mooney
I traveled from Arlington, VA to Crete via London and Munich. The Heathrow layover was only long enough to grab a cup of coffee - a very expensive, mediocre cup of coffee at that. The layover in Munich, however, was arranged so as to provide a little more time (24 hrs). I took bag and baggage on the Schnell Bahn from the new Franz Josef Airport into the center of Munich. I grabbed a cheap room at one of the hundred or so hotels around the main train station. I then spent a very enjoyable afternoon and evening wandering around downtown Munich. I stopped every few hours and drank some great bier and ate some great wursts and schnitzels. I had not been in Munich since Christmas 2000.
