How did we end up in Erding?
Travel is like a Picasso, not a Monet.
As we geared up to fly out of Belgrade, Serbia, we had an uneventful taxi ride, smooth security and passport control at the airport, and found our gate with plenty of time for some food before our 1pm departure.
As we waited at the gate, the first mention of that dreaded travel word was uttered: Delay.
Travel delays
This ultimately led to a more than 90 minute delay for the first leg of our two-leg flight.
Destination Munich.
We landed, gathered latest gate information before dashing, and arrived at the gate 15 minutes after that flight's also delayed departure. But not delayed enough for us.
Then to customer service where we were told we had to take a tram to a different customer service desk.
Thirty minutes later, we walk up to the service area entrance where we see dozens of people waiting.
The gentleman takes our ticket and gives us a number in the queue.
146.
We look at the board.
They are on 100.
More than four hours later, we are helped, get food vouchers, taxi vouchers, and a hotel voucher for the night.
It is after 9:00 PM.
We eat at the airport McDonalds, the only place left open at this hour that will take the voucher.
The taxi takes us to our hotel, we check in, and I start to review Google Maps to see if we are near anything interesting in Muich to see the next day before our 4 PM flight out.
We were not in Munich, but the small town of Erding outside of Munich.
Erding, Germany
The next morning, we had a very nice hot breakfast at our hotel, Hotel Henry. The food and service were wonderful, and the hotel very unique and interesting.
We were in the Bombay room, and the floor and room were well suited to the name.
After breakfast, we wandered into old town, around a 10 minutes walk.
We instantly loved it.
Quaint, colorful, inviting, and friendly are all words that quickly come to mind for our few hours there.
The beautiful church, smiling faces, and overall vibe of the town made us wish we had longer.
In the end, we made our next flight and on to our final destination 24 hours late.
And our delay led to an amazing town in Germany that we might have never seen otherwise.
In a downpour, look for the rainbow.
Until next time, have a good one.