Munich, Germany
May 15 – Munich has changed since I was here 16 years ago. I was surprised first of all by the various nationalities strolling around the Marienplatz, especially the muslim women covered head-to-foot in black shawls. There seemed to be an awful lot of them. And Africans, some looking like they had just gotten off the plane. Munich at first glance seemed a much more crowded and multicultural place than when I had last seen it.
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Munich; brief history and interesting facts;
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I had picked Lissette up at 5:30 in the morning at the airport. We spent that day and the next exploring most of the “to do” sites in Munich: strolling down Neuhauser Strasse to the Marienplatz, visiting the Viktualienmark (the market), walking up to Odeonsplatz where we saw the Felderrnhalle (the Roman looking commander’s Hall – I had seen pictures of Hitler making speeches here and it was a bit eerie) and the mustard coloured church next to it. We went up the stairs of Peterskirche for great views of the city, visited the Alte Pinakothek (very interesting art gallery featuring paintings from Middle Ages to beginning of 19th century), then went to the Englisher Gardens on a sunny Sunday afternoon where we proceeded to get slightly shit-faced on liter glasses of beer.
Below: the Viktualienmark
Below; Alte Pinakothek (even great art gets boring after a while..)
Other Munich photos;
Munich was interesting and perfect for a 2 day stay – we are not big city people (although Munich is really more of a smaller city, kind of like Montreal) and by the end of the 2nd day we started looking forward to moving on to Fussen, which would be our next stop.
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We stayed at Hotel Eder in Munich. It met our needs – very clean, in a convenient location, not too expensive (about 90 euros a night), good breakfasts. It was also charmingly Bavarian. The wifi didn’t work for me though, and the stairs to the 4th floor were a pain (“you get Olympic training” joked the old guy at reception). The area around it was also a bit rough, but on the other hand we were right next to the train station which made it very handy. I’d give the Hotel Eder a 3 out of 5 and would stay here again if on a short stay (if on a longer stay I’d look for something out of this area. Lissette says that single women should not stay here).
Next stop Fussen and the castles of Mad King Ludwig!
Tags: 1, Europe 2009, Germany, PHOTOS
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