So we started our Munich adventure with a break from being tourists and escaped into a movie. It was great. The next morning, we started fresh again with a bike tour of Munich. It was a bit chilly, but our guide Steve-O (from Ireland) was awesome and informative. We started in the main square, Marienplatz.
We saw all the high points: Hofbrauhaus beer hall, the opera house, The Residenz and background garden, Saatskanzlei, Leopold Strasse, The English Garden, Chinese Tower beergarden, Surefer's bridge, and the eastern gate of town from the 14th century, among other things. There was so much history and so many interesting stories about Hitler and the Nazis.
This alleyway is a subtle memorial to the Germans who refused to salute the Putsch memorial at Feldherrnhalle. They would avoid the memorial by walking down this street. The little path of bricks reminds Germans of the people that went to great lengths to oppose the Nazi party.
We biked on to more cheerful places like the English Gardens and the Chinese Tower beer garden. It was beautiful and we're sure even more beautiful in the summer.
One of the coolest things we saw on our bike ride was the surfers bridge. The waves were man made after some guys realized a knocked down tree created the waves. It was freezing outside so I can't imagine the water temperature. Crazy!
That night we went to Augustine's for "the best beer" and some hearty German food. Then we went to the Hofbrauhaus for the experience of the um-pa-pa band and big pretzels. We met a group of people (one name Claudia who had an enormous crush on Patrick. He was a rock start with the ladies in Germany.) and had a great time. Some much fun, in fact, that we said good-bye to yet another camera. This one broke after a fall, so the memory card was spared but we had to buy camera number 3.
One of the coolest things we saw on our bike ride was the surfers bridge. The waves were man made after some guys realized a knocked down tree created the waves. It was freezing outside so I can't imagine the water temperature. Crazy!
That night we went to Augustine's for "the best beer" and some hearty German food. Then we went to the Hofbrauhaus for the experience of the um-pa-pa band and big pretzels. We met a group of people (one name Claudia who had an enormous crush on Patrick. He was a rock start with the ladies in Germany.) and had a great time. Some much fun, in fact, that we said good-bye to yet another camera. This one broke after a fall, so the memory card was spared but we had to buy camera number 3.
Armed with a new camera we continued our tour of Munich starting with the church once inhabited by the monks Munich is named for. The views from above were quintessentially German. We also got a great picture of the glockenspiel. Then we went to the Neue Pinakothek Museum. Really chill with lots of impressionist art. It was a nice last stop in Munich.
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