Best Tour Ever!
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
*What am I pointing at?… Big Balls… yeah, you heard me… you’ll really have to just go take the free walking tour in Munich to get the full story.
Wow, we went on the best walking tour of Munich today. For one thing, it was Free (aside from the tip we gave at the end)… and for another thing, Ozzie, the tour guide was awesome. For those of you who know me, you’ll know one of the reasons it was a great tour… haha.
Anyway, Ozzie looked like every other Bavarian in his hot hot lederhosen with one exception. He’s a black man… Normally, I wouldn’t think twice about it but as we went on the tour, it seemed like the locals were giving him the up and down and checking him out constantly. Now, if I were doing that, it would be to check out the package… but I guess here, there aren’t exactly a lot of people who are a visible minority that are Bavarian too so the local here seemed to be astonished to see such a thing. It just kind of gave me a wake up call that I myself am a visible minority and although I wasn’t wearing one of those wicked dresses, I wonder if I would get gawked at… Anyway, that was just a side thought….
Ozzie took us on a wonderful tour starting at the Glockenspiel (A wonderful little clock that plays out of tune bells and has a little story played out with a bunch of characters spinning aroudn the clock… well, it wasn’t that wonderful). We also went to see the Devil’s footprint inside the Frauenkirche (Munich Cathedral), visited various sites around the city, had a beer at Hofbräuhaus (Munich’s most famous beerhall), and the last but not least, “sex, beer, and scandal” in Ozzies words. So I was a little let down when it was actually a story about Ludwig… which makes more sense than a free orgy.
After the tour, we pretty much just chilled and relaxed at the hostel and we will be catching a train tonight to Vienna.
P.S. Kent, Fathead is in many pictures!
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