Munich Sightseeing
Trip Start
Apr 13, 2009
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Trip End
Jul 14, 2009
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Munich Sightseeing
Sunny am, Storm midday, Cloudy period pm 28 degrees
Today we drove to the nearby suburb of Feldkirken and caught the (expensive at 16 Euro for 2 day pass) train into Munich. The trip was about 20 minutes and took us right into the main square. The town hall is an imposing building, very decorative and was only built in 1906 but looks to be much older due to the gothic style. From the main square we walked along the pedestrian only mall to the city gate. We were surprised that Munich stores are closed on Sunday as we were expecting the city to be very busy. The only things open were the churches (obviously), some restaurants and food outlets and the museums. The tour groups were out in full force as usual though. At this end of town we saw a popular (being well used by some teens) fountain, the Justice Building and the botanic gardens. The gardens were very pretty with a lovely cottage style garden surrounding the statue of Neptune. From the gardens we walked back toward town and realising it was close to 11.00am we headed back to the main square to watch the famous glockenspiel . At 11.00 am the show started with a very lengthy tune followed by a wedding, jousting, and dancing scene ending with another lengthy tune. After the glockenspiel performance we headed in the direction of the Residenz (where the German Royalty once lived) when a sudden storm hit so we decided to catch the nearby metro to the Deutsches Museum (Science and Technology). This too was pretty expensive at 8.50 Euro each but with the rain coming down heavily it was a good use of time and had some interesting displays. The skies had cleared so we left the museum and after a little more wandering decided to call it a day.
