Munich Day 4

Trip Start May 14, 2008
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Trip End May 30, 2008


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Saturday, May 24, 2008

This was our last day in Munich and we managed to see a lot.  We started off the day with a wonderful breakfast of pastries and Greg had a bratwurst in the Viktualienmarkt. We then went to the Frauenkirchen (or as I call it, the Frow-en-gerkin).  The towers weren´t open when we were here the other day so we wanted to get back to climb the towers.  The view from the towers was exactly what I thought Munich would look like.  From ground level, Munich is very modern.  But from the towers you can get a better view of the traditional red roofs and all of the cathedrals.

We then signed up for the hop-on-hop-off bus tour that circles the city and let´s you get off the bus at a few different stops.  We got off the bus at the Nymphenburg Palace which was the summer home for the one of the kings.  We drove past the Olympic Park from the 1972 games and saw the BMW headquarters.  We then got off the bus at the Englischer Garten.  This is a spectacular garden where all of the muncheners seem to hang out.  It was a beautiful day today and the garden was packed with people laying around, playing frisbee, hanging out in the biergarten, and even surfing.  There is a part of the river that generates waves when the water rushes out from under a bridge.  There were about 8 surfers there taking turns riding the rapids.  We walked through the garden and found the Chinese tower which was surrounded by a biergarten with seats for thousands.  In the tower there was a Bavarian band playing.
From there was walked back to the city center and had dinner in an outdoor cafe.  We are now at the computer lab killing some time before our train leaves.  We are taking the night train to Florence tonight and will arrive in Florence about 6:15 Sunday morning.  Hopefully we´ll be able to upload some pictures from Florence.
 
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