Munich

Munich was great! We planned on staying three nights and we were there for five. It is the longest stop of the trip so far. The first day we spent walking around the city with two other Canadians.

There were actually quite a few Canadians staying at the hostel we were at. In the hostel bar, we out numbered any other country. Around the city we saw old churches and buildings (well some old buildings and some rebuilt to look like old buildings). There is a fantastic market with just about anything you could want. We strolled through one of the parks and saw a standing wave on a canal where people surf.

Tuesday was a day trip into the Alps. We took a train to Garmish, about an hour and a half away, and then a cog train and cable car to the top of Germany's highest peak, Zugspitze (2962 m). The cable car ride was very cool. The view at the top was amazing.

 

 

 

You could see 400 peaks in 4 countries. At the top was a small complex of buildings and observation decks. Then another cable car down on to the glacier where people were skiing.

We spent the rest of our time in Munich wandering around the city, in the beer halls (a different one each night; we meet the head chef at the Augustiner Braustuben) and eating as much Bavarian food as we could.

It was a great city for us to relax for a few days and just enjoy where we were.

We are headed to Venice and then on to Greece.