Sorry this is so late!! It has been quite a week, my birthday, my last GBD, and St. Patrick’s Day all in the space of 5 days! Yikes! So, München (or Munich to everyone in the US and me a week ago) is absolutely amazing. We took a Flixbus right after class on Friday (I don’t want to scare anyone but NEVER GET OFF A FLIXBUS AT STOPS JUST DON’T DO IT OK) and arrived in Munich (all 6 despite the near Flixbus incident) in time for an amazing dinner of mashed potatoes and sausage! I stayed in a hostel in a room full of Italian students (I clocked it in as about 20 minutes before they asked me about Trump) where I was the only American. My friend Jacob stayed on the floor below me, and the rest of the group had an Air B&B in the more happening part of town. The next morning, we followed a walking tour that I had ripped out of a travel book and saw some sites.
The view of the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) built in 1874, from the Marienplatz, which has been München’s main plaza since 1158In this white building is a museum of toys and leads to the famous ViktualienmarktHere is the Mariensäule, or Mary’s Colum, which was erected in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation after the 30 Years’ WarSo, as it turns out, the sister city of München in the US is none other than…Cincinnati. It’s a small world.Beer garden at the Viktualienmarkt (Victuals Market) which is a huge market in the middle of München!Nick with a cool fountain. They put out fresh flowers every day.Emily and a giant wheel of cheeseHolland, Sarah, and Emily got roses on Sendlinger StraßeProof that I was actually there. New Town Hall behind me!Die Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk Kirche), built between 1733 and 1746
Another church! St. Micheal’s, a Jesuit church consecrated in 1597
The High AltarHolland loking awed by the High AltarThe Frauenkirche! Consecrated in 1494A cute map of the city outside the church. This is the Marienplatz with a tiny little column in the middle!
It was impossible to capture the scale of the placeI lit a candle for Lily. Mine is the fresh one in the middle!The National Theatre!The Residenz is on the right!Hofgarten outside of the English GardenRiver surfering at the Eisbach outside the gardens
Monopteros in the Englischen Garten
The view from the MonopterosOldest beer garden in München!The Chinesischer Turm, or Chinese Tower, built 1789-1790
And that is where we ended the city tour of day one! We has potatoes and sausage and beer and then all took a very long nap to recover from the 9 mile walk. The next day I went to the Residenz museum, the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs of the House of Wittelsbach.
The Grotto at the Residenz
The Antiquarium
This would make for quite the dinner party
The ReliquaryThe Treasury
All the Crown JewelsJacob and I then met up with the rest of group for lunch and I had the most amazing soup of my young life. Ginger makes all the difference my friendsWe climbed the sketchiest tower to get the clearest view of München. There is Frauenkirshe!And the New Town Hall
Shameless Snapchat selfieWe randomly happened upon Hofbräuhaus while looking for a pastry for Holland
And then we caught our bus home! We did and saw so much but by the end of the trip we all were saying that we wanted to go again. München is an amazing city and I feel like we just got our bearings at the very end so I know I would be down for another trip! As I write this I realize that I’ve had a week of activity and a day trip today that require a post, so you all might be getting a double dose this weekend. For now, it’s midnight here, and I have a 10 km hike at 9 tomorrow so to bed I go! Gute Nacht!
YOU EXHUST ME I AM TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL PLACES YOU HAVE VISITED.I AM GLAD YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF VISIT. WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT TRUMP WHEN ASKED LOL❤️Grandma
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Good Night! Great pictures! We are planning our trip as I type!
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These photos and your commentary put the “awe” in “awesome.” Adventure on my dear! ❤ xo Aunt Janet
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YOU EXHUST ME I AM TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL PLACES YOU HAVE VISITED.I AM GLAD YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF VISIT. WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT TRUMP WHEN ASKED LOL❤️Grandma
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I said that I didn’t vote for him and that a lot of Americans didn’t!
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