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Travel Blogs from Munich, Germany, Germany
The mad king's lair. Castle Neuswanstein
This is a top pick! ... we had a real narrator for the tour as opposed to a pre-recorded speech. Ana, the guide, was completely informed about Munich, Bavaria, and King Ludwig! Truthfully, she was the best tour guide I have ever had. She was young and pretty ...
The adventure begins
This is a top pick! Well, after an 11 hour train ride, I finally arrived in Munich at about 7:00 this morning. The police were randomly checking passports and I got stopped and questioned for about 3 minutes while the nice cop lady looked in vain for the entry stamp in my ...
...the most exotic thing out there.
This is a top pick! This is my second trip to Germany and Munich in a week. Both trips were work related, and this second one not actually planned, but necessary. Before we start talking about carbon footprint I mean... I have been many times to Munich over the last ten ...
Kaka...
This is a top pick! ... 's Vanny Van Van Van is also home to such a person. Anyway, that stuff certainly doesn't seem to happen anywhere else in germany except munich. In fact, the lederhosen count at the moment reads: munich 24 - rest of germany 2. The rest of germany has a ...
Fairytales and Madmen
This is a top pick! ... American girl (all our tour guides seem to be American) who had studied German history before coming to Germany. The castle is about two hours outside of Munich in the Bavarian countryside so we had to catch a few trains and buses to get there but ...
München mag Dich.
This is a top pick! I am back in Munich for the third time in about 3 months. It is work this time as well, so unfortunately no time to visit the Bavarian Alps (as kind of promised back in July). Next time maybe??? Heck, what a boring blog entry, not even a photo of some ...
The World Cup dream of the Devil of the Death
This is a top pick! ... , but there is always google. This name is, without a doubt, the finest name of all the campervans containing Australians in all of Germany. And let me tell you, there are a bloody heap. And not only campervans, but everywhere. That's right. Well, at ...
Bayern Munich
This is a top pick! ... why we call places different names to what they are called in their own country, like we call Firenze Florence, the area in Germany that they call Bayern we call Bavaria, and we call Munchen Munich..... Anyways, the latter city is where I was off ...
Ein Bier, bitte
This is a top pick! ... out to explore Munich. Breakfast was a Turkish kebab which was actually pretty good. There is a huge Turkish community in Germany (more than any other country outside of Turkey) and kebabs are on every street corner. I think our hotel is ...
Thalkirchen
This is a top pick! ... in the 'Let's go Europe 2006'. Thalkirchen Camping is well sign posted on the autobahns coming into Germany, in fact I wonder if it's the only campsite in Munich it's so big and full. I've never seen so many tents, motor homes, caravans and campers in ...
Das alles ist Deutschland
This is a top pick! ... final at his place with a bunch of Germans, and despite the fun I had it was such and shock and a major disappointment that Germany actually lost the game! We couldn’t quite believe it. Since I was expecting Germany to win, I was crushed because I ...
Not again...
This is a top pick! ... the kids, wicked and with it. And he likes football. I might start going to church... With Germany eliminated, there was no partying. The Italians in Munich, however, through to the final and happy, displayed their joy in what we now understand to ...
Munich, Germany
This is a top pick! ... were. This kept many of the locals from asking questions or raising suspicions. We ate lunch and caught the train back to Munich. I still felt depressed. We lounged in the hostel for a short while and then we motivated ourselves to go to the Olympic ...
Munich, Germany
This is a top pick! ... SUV, a really big car for these areas, but it will do nicely (as long as they allow it on the ferry we have booked to Italy). In Munich, I bought a couple of maps, some coffee, and a bottle of water. At that, we headed out toward Salzburg, ...
Munich, Germany
This is a top pick! ... internet kiosk). From there, we sped our way to Munich and visited the Concentration Camp Memorial at Dachau, just outside of Munich. What an experience - truly moving. Dachau is a memorial on the grounds of a former concentration camp. Dachau was the ...
More beer and brats
This is a top pick! (S) Our last trip to Germany this go-round. Of course nothing is easy, which was proven when Chad took the sweet rental Yaris back to the airport and I was left at the Etap hotel. And was kicked out. Germans take the whole "check out time" a lot more ...
Following the locals lead
This is a top pick! · Munich, Bavaria, Germany · GMT +1:00hrs Entry to ...
Munich
This is a top pick! ... we have been. We expected a "concrete jungle", but have seen so much more. Munich is said to be the cultural capital of Germany as it is full of intense history, beautifully gabled churches, countless massive "piazza" type ...
Munich 23rd - 25th July
This is a top pick! ... Dominic Matteo apparently kicked his keeper in the head while playing for Leeds against a Dutch team a few years ago. So that is Munich, 'nice' and friendly but after a short time in Slovenia we realized the world is more than just ...
Number Nine
This is a top pick! ... BBC and other weather sites every day and there was promise of sun. By the time the train reached central Munich it was overflowing with dirndl and lederhosen clad Bavarians heading for Theresienweise festival grounds. The weather had stuck to the ...
Marienplatz
This is a top pick! ... the centre of Munich is very beautiful. I've noticed a similarity with many of the big cities in Europe like Prague, Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, Helsinki and others in that they have one huge open square in the center of the city which is very striking ...
Munchen (munich) we knew we were in germany ...
This is a top pick! MUNCHEN (MUNICH) We knew we were in Germany when we handed our Interrail tickets to the inspector and were ordered to "Pay suppliment!" .... Uh Oh. We had spent all our Austrian cash and planned to take some Deutche Marks out of the ATM when we got to ...
Munchen :o)
This is a top pick! ... from what they provided. 3 table's loaded up with every breakfast food you can think of. We then headed off to the Munich Residence. This place was bigger than i thought. The building had so many rooms. Most decorated as a king would see fit and the ...
Missed the connection
This is a top pick! We were a little over two hours late leaving JFK and had a 55 minute layover in Munich before our connection to Ankara. Needless to say, we didn't make it. Business is apparently quite good for the airlines at present because nearly everything was ...
Oktoberfest Prost!
This is a top pick! ... college and I still love everything about it ... the mountain air, the friendly people and great beer! For me, Munich also represents the birthplace of my independent traveling spirit. It was from here that I had my first adventures traveling ...
Naked Germans, Surfing and Beer.
This is a top pick! ... (S) Leaving our wonderful Bavarian paradise was hard, complete with a few mangy katzen and a few more mangy Buddhists, but on to Munich. As The Unc is our official German tour guide, the Hofbrauhaus was our first stop of the night. And our third. ...
Oktoberfest the 6th
This is a top pick! Friday - The Australian bar - Pissed Saturday - Oktoberfest - Pissed Sunday - Oktoberfest - Pissed Monday - Work - Pissed ...