Saturday was my "Exploring München" day. Frühstück with Alina's friend was cancelled so we eventually left the house around 12:30pm. This might seem like a waste of time to any New Zealander, but that's the thing that I still am not used to. The European Summer. It hasn't yet grown too hot, but it's light until 9:30pm. At 5pm it feels like midday. It's very different.
We caught a tram and a train to Marienplatz, and considering how often we use public transport, I'm glad it's "free". Photos to follow on facebook. I saw Marienplatz, die Frauenkirche, Odeonsplatz, an Englische Garten and Leopoldsstraße - where there was a huge street party taking place! Very cool.
Munich has a population the size of Auckland, but the city feels so much bigger. I'm sorry to anyone reading this, but I really adore beautiful architecture, so lots of my photos are of buildings. Albeit, I did take a cool picture in the Frauenkirche of "der Teufelsfußabdruck" - the devil's footprint, where the devil apparently stood in the church before he was banishd by whatever Pope was being papal at the time.
We spent all day out and eventually had dinner at 9pm in a traditional Bayerisch (Bavarian) restaurant. I had a goulash meal with some strange buttery pasta stuff. It was really big and ridiculously filling.
And yes, Dylan, I had a 500ml glass of Radler. It was a good balance between beer and lemonade with a nice lime aftertaste. The head on these beers is quite intense and you have to wade through quite a bit of head before you get to the beer, but it keeps it fizzy for longer. As it should be.
Sunday: we went to see Paul's friend Jamie - who really loves Michael Jackson, New Zealand and Lord of the Rings - for lunch. Lunch was good and there was lots of German conversation - that I listened to.
Afterwards Paul and I left for Burghausen. It's in the wops of Bavaria. But the Altstadt (the old part of town) is really pretty. It sits next to the river Salzsach, so-named because of the huge barges that traveled the river with salt cargoes - back in Roman and medieval times, when salt was an expensive commodity. Austria is just on the other side of the bridge that crosses the river - I went there last night whilst looking for somewhere to eat. I have seen the castle that sits above the town and have partaken in cake (strawberry cream cake) and beer (helles Lager).
Tomorrow we are taking the train into Munich to go on a third reich tour Dachau is only twenty minutes out of town. Photos later tonight on Facebook. Promise.
That’s a good start in terms of beer. From there, I’d recommend moving onto a dunkel or schwarzbier. After that try an Oktoberfest or a maibock. Then you should proceed as follows: dunkelweizen, dopplebock, weizenbock and finally the granddaddy of German beers: the eisbock…
ReplyDeleteCake and castles, you have more or less achieved Nirvana from my point of view. Any interesting cultural discoveries thus far? (Yay YGOTAS!)
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