>How retarded would it be to fly there and then upon arrival start hiking my way back home?You dont wanna be "hiking back home" as that would defeat the purpose of all this. Wander through the alps maybe, itll be an insane time buddy. Wherever you are, you can take public transit to skip the obnoxious parts, which you should do. And buy a compass and maps for the most interessting areas. Makes a big difference as you learn to navigate using your own perception. You will get lost a few times but that can be exciting. Stick to the trails, I know its tempting but youll just get sore.
I dont know what else to tell you, but avoid munich. If you want to see anything in germany , take the train up to "harzgebirge" and/or skip around the harz
This website will be useful for cheap tickets
https://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/sparpreis/sparpreisfinder.shtmlIts for "Inter City Express (ICE) " trains and if you search for tickets a week or 2 from now itll find you some underbooked ones for over 20 bucks. Otherwise youll be paying out your ass for public transport around and in germany, never buy at the station unless 100 bucks means nothing to you. Zig tag around is my idea, maybe even take a small detour through the eastern block, its different around there. Financially worse, but society always makes up for that. generally the longtitude on your trip will change more than latitude, especially around 70°.
Also pic related, harz is a must if you want to see germanys true nature. Alps imo is already fucking bayern and austria and debatably should not be allowed to speak bastard german.
