Munich

In a word, Munich was chaotic! And we loved it!

We arrived in the pouring rain on a Saturday afternoon, couldn’t find our hotel because of street construction (did eventually), couldn’t find a sit-down restaurant because they were all packed, got take-out from a Turkish fast food joint (excellent because we were starving), ate in our room and then we crashed.

The next day was pouring rain so what better way to see the city than by hop on/hop off bus. Our ticket got us on three different routes with covered the entire city. The recorded commentary via earphones (available in 8 languages) was an excellent history of the city (founded in 1154 by monks which is Mönch in German thus the name of the city).

We cruised the city this way for three hours eventually getting off at Marienplatz (city center) to find pre-dinner refreshments at an authentic pub where Freddy Mercury once hung out, and then supper at an authentic German beer hall. Loud and raucous with live October Fest music, the food was plentyful and delicious.

Munich was interesting and fun despite the rain (the beer helped). Here are the photo highlights of our time in Munich.