Munich

More from our travels. We stayed two nights in Munich and it was a very enjoyable time. After visiting Schloss Nymphenburg, a palace outside of Munich, we headed down town to our hotel in the middle of Munich. We were only about a block and a half from the "fussganger zone" the pedestrian walk way in the center of Munich. Thanks to "Nancy" our GPS we got right to our hotel without any problems. It even got all of the one way streets correct. The streets were so narrow that when we stopped in a parking spot by our hotel a truck wanted to get by us and he couldn't because our passenger side mirrow was in the way. So he reached out and folded our mirror in and drove by us. Needless to say it got everyone nervous about driving down town Munich. We unpacked our van and while everyone checked in I drove the van to the nearest parking lot where it stayed until we had to leave Munich.

The next day in Munich was both fun and very busy. We first got group subway passes so we could get around with the transportation and we headed to the Deutsches Museum. It was a museum that covered about everything - similar to the Smithsonian in Washington DC. We limited ourselves to two hours there. After the museum we headed to the outdoor market and had lunch. We sat with some "locals" and talked with them about their city.

After lunch we visited the St. Peter's Church and climbed to the top of the tower to see the view of the city. That is where we got the picture from above.

We then headed to the Neues Pinakothek Museum where we saw some beautiful artwork. This is Van Gogh's piece called "Sun Flowers".

We then went to the Allianz Fussball Stadium where the Bayern Fussball team play their games and the where the World Cup was played last year. Our soccer player,Julie, was especially excited about that venture.

We saved some time for the ladies to do s0me shopping and just walked around the fussganger zone and viewed the sights. We crashed late that night thinking what adventures would bring us the next day down in Castle country.

In the evenings (and during the day) the street entertainers came out to entertain and hopefully get some euros. Some even had CD's they sold such as the group pictured here. They were really good. I imagine some of them played or taught professionally. There was always some type of entertainment going on.