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I second the school bus. Will pick up downtown. It was a blast. Only rule was to not stick anything out the windows. Have to be committed to staying from beginning to end but definitely worth it.

i work in a hospital. It's all non vaccinated patients. Hospitalizations are up significantly. We currently have an 18 year old, multiple 20 somethings and 30 somethings, and up. The young patients have no comorbidities. Yesterday we lost a 34 year old with no diagnoses. This wasnt happening prior to the delta variant. Just being fully transparent.

ive lived short periods in multiple states and by far the nicest people were in Oregon. It didnt matter if i went to a restaurant, grocery store, or a bar. Everyone was incredibly friendly

of note it is based in Lafayette and sales up 1000% over 12 months

I recommend doing a bike tour of the city... it is informative and quick way to hit the major highlights. You would still have half a day to hit any beer halls after. It's a popular thing in Munich.

The best meal we had on our entire Italy trip was at Osteria Al Portego. The menu changes daily based off fresh catch that day. The squid ink pasta was unreal. It is a very small place. We walked in the evening before and made a reservation for next day.

The Villa downtown has really good Italian, and the service is great as well.

Wife and I just took trip very similar sept 19-Oct 5 but in reverse order. We began in Rome => Florence => Venice => Murren, Switzerland => Munich (oktoberfest). It was our first time in Europe, and I booked everything myself. Travel agents can be helpful but we saved a lot of money and were able to book exactly what we wanted. Travel agents usually get deals through resorts and cant quite customize an itinerary usually if you have specific needs. We took trains to each destination. Switzerland required cable car up to the town of Murren. I read many threads on Rick Steves and elsewhere on exactly how and when to schedule each train. I highly recommend using the trains. I used Airbnb and booking.com to book stays. We flew through Istanbul with Turkish Airlines. No complaints there. I feel like we stayed just the right amount of time in each location and had the right combination of busy sight seeing days and relaxing days. Keep in mind Switzerland is the most expensive place you will go so plan accordingly. I can give further recommendations on scheduling and each location further if needed!

Best meal we had in Italy was at Osteria Al Portego. We ordered Octopus covered in tomato sauce for antipasti. I ordered Squid Ink Pasta for main course and wife ordered seafood pasta. We showed up one evening and they didnt have any openings so we got our name on the list for the next evening. It is a very small place with 5-6 tables. The menu changes daily based of the catch that day and the service was outstanding. We also had great pizza at Da Mamo. Burano was worth a trip for a few hours to get away from the crowds in Venice.

Murren, Switzerland overlooking Lauterbrunnen Valley