Munich, Innsbruck then back to Munich

After a few days in Munich we made our way to Innsbruck, Austria to see the area and look into finding jobs for the winter. The train was a little expensive to go to Innsbruck so we organized ride share; you pay 10 euro each to catch a ride with someone who is going from Munich to Innsbruck. It was a brilliant idea and really cheap too!

 In Innsbruck we had found another couch surfer to host us for 4 days while we looked around. Innsbruck was a beautiful city and a bit bigger then what we were expecting (Pop: 100k). No snow in the mountains yet so had a look around the city and took in some sights. After talking to a friend of my brothers we found out that because the snow had not started to fall yet we would be struggling to find work as all the positions had been filled in August; additionally we could not speak German and did not have visas which made it all a little more difficult. We were starting to realize we should have looked into work before we left canada but you live and you learn!

We still had fun in Innsbruck; the christmas markets had only just opened up so we enjoyed strolling around checking out the little stalls, eating the delicious food, drinking gluhwein and jagertee. The old town of Innsbruck was really cool too with the famous 'Golden Roof' and tiny winding streets.

 A little lost and not too sure what to do for the winter we talked to our host in Munich who advised he might be able to get us work in a German snow town called Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but first we would need to apply to become residents of Germany so we can stay in the EU for longer then 90 days. After some time to think we decided to return to Munich to become residents and find out more details about the job. Luckily or couch surfing host had room for us to return, after finding another ride share we made our way back to Munich.

Back in Munich we applied to become German residents (with a bit of help from our host), the process was pretty easy we simply filled out some forms and showed evidence that we had enough money to support ourselves and adequate health insurance, by the end of the day we were official residents for the next 12 months!

The possible job would not be available until the week before christmas, but first we needed to meet up with the owner of the hotel who was on holiday for another week. We decided to chill in Munich and send off some emails to other hotels in the area looking for work incase the other job fell through and also started to look for somewhere to live if we were not able to find work. Apart from this we also got out and enjoyed some more of what Munich had to offer; more amazing christmas markets, Tollwood (a massive christmas market held in the same area as Octoberfest), BMW world and the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium.