Took the train from Vienna to Munich and arrived at the massive Hauptbahnhof. The walk to our hotel was interesting, as we had to navigate construction, narrow pavements and tons of other pedestrians, while maneuvering with our luggage. To make matters worse, our hotel room turned out to be a tiny room and due to the Euro Cup hosted in Munich, a room upgrade was out of the question. However, despite the initial challenges, our hotel was a little Oasis in a very busy city. With no definite plans, we reached out to “Old Reliable” - Fat Tires city bike tour. This was a great orientation and introduction to Munich, as the tour gave us a history of the city, hit some of the major sights, stopped to watch the River Surfing (hooked), ate lunch at the Chinese Tower in the English Garden, with a band playing “um pa pa”.
The next day spent time in the center of town - Marienplatz - climbed the tower and ate lunch at the employees' cafeteria while listening to the the chanting of the Romanian soccer team fans. We made our way to “Alten Utting” - a bar in a decommissioned passenger steam ship perched high above street level on a disused railway bridge (closed until 4pm daily) and wound our way into the bizzare Schlachhofviertel district which is a large outdoor area that contains the Bahnwarter Thiel - abandoned tram & subway cars and sea freight containers. The area is widely used, painted and sculpted by a large variety of artists and is a lively area of bars/clubs in the evenings.
We braved dinner at an interesting Afghan restaurant where bread is bigger than pizza platters; we also stopped at several of the multitude of middle eastern fast food outlets where I practiced my Arabic. We concluded our journey with a visit to the BMW museum and walked the picturesque Marienplatz subway station (yes we are weird, but it is the one of the most photographed places in Munich).
We can not forget our wonderful hotel host, Jannis, who added so much joy to our trip.
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