Sitting on the train from Munich to Vienna, I see the picturesque peaks of the Alps pass by outside the windows. Long gone are the flat grassy meadows of Belgium and the Netherlands.
As you probably already know, I like to plan things. I have this detailed schedule that I drew, with dates and destinations and accomodation solutions for my entire trip. Well, the beautiful thing with traveling with an Interrail ticket is that you can be as spontaneous as you want. With Couchsurfing, being spontaneous can be tricky, but most things can be fixed.
So, I’ve just had my first change of plans on this trip. I was supposed to leave Munich yesterday – but I simply didn’t feel done. Since Max had been working and stuff, he still had things he wanted to show me, and I had not had time to meet Julius yet. So I e-mailed my Couchsurfing host in Vienna, re-scheduled my arrival and stayed in Munich for another day. And what a day! The sun finally came out, and I spent the day in the lovely parks of Munich.
But, unfortunately, I don’t have unlimited time to travel around Europe. This spur of the moment prolongation of my Munich stay means that I’ll have to do some super efficient touristing in Vienna and Budapest if I am to make it to Sarajevo before I need to start heading north again. No more spontanaety!
Katja Malmborg 