Blogs from Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 5

Tuesday 2nd July Today I did a day trip to Nuremberg to visit the German Railway Museum. It was a two hour trip on the Regional train. I could have taken the ICE train which takes half the time, but it was three times the price! The museum was quite interesting, particularly the section concerning the 1920s and 1930s, probably the golden age of German railways, when they were at the cutting edge of railway technology, and led the world with streamlined and high speed trains, such as the Flying Hamburger and the Noble Stag locomotive (I have models of both these). Of course the system was largely destroyed thanks to the Nazis starting WWII. The Allied bombing, plus the Nazis' crazed destruction of infrastructure as they lost the war, saw to that. Then the division ... read more

The mercury reached the mid-80s today, which marked the first time since we began our trip 50 days ago that we've experienced warm weather. Fortunately, there was a light breeze blowing most of the day, but by mid-afternoon we chose the shady sides of streets for walking, and were looking for park benches under shade trees. We left our apartment around 10:00 AM with the intention of returning to the sprawling Viktualienmarkt, the daily food market and square where friends Peter and Rosita had taken us last week, but which had been mostly closed for the Ascension Day holiday. We chose a route which led us through the Gärtnerplatz, a peaceful little square--actually a circle--that is anchored by the Gärtnerplatztheater, an opera house and opera company that opened in 1865 as Munich's second major theater (after ... read more

Our first full day in Munich turned out to be a memorable one, thanks to the congenial company of our two dear German friends, Peter and Rosita. This is the first time we've seen these Munich natives in several years, so it was a bit like a family reunion. As a little background, Rosita has an aunt now living in Edgewater, Florida, who is/was a life-long friend of Dee and her mother (now deceased). Over the years Peter and Rosita have paid many visits to Florida, which is where we met them. We've always "threatened" to visit them, if and when we ever made it to Munich, and this year it finally happened. Today Peter and Rosita graciously invited us for lunch at the Hofbräuhaus, Munich's world famous biergarten and restaurant, which is located very near ... read more

Where in the world is Gabby the motorhome? She is parked up on a dedicated stellplatz which we can use as long as Bayern Munich are not playing their home games at the Allianz stadium. 15 Euros a night buys us a pitch with free electricity and WiFi, a view of the giant marshmallow stadium which will turn red tonight and a U Bahn trip into Munich if we fancy it. Tonight they are not playing so we find ourselves in their car park waiting for the light show to begin. The day started off in a similar fashion to yesterday. Breakfast listening to the rain pattering on Gabbys roof. We seem unable to outrun this bad weather. We left Zweibrucken and travelled courtesy of the free German motorways. Road works plagued us for many a ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Je ce que je peux dire en commençant cette page c’est que la fatigue se fait fortement sentir. Des km à pied tous les jour, pour la semaine dernière c’est 60,2 km et la température qui reste bien au-delà de 30º. Même hier au soir pour aller manger, à la brasserie Hofbrauhaus, j’avais juste un petit kilomètre à faire, et bien j’ai presque réussi à le multiplier par 3. Tout près de l’hôtel il a Englischer Garten un des plus beaux parcs paysagé du monde, mais aussi le plus grand en centre ville. Légèrement plus grand que Central Park à NY, et 3 fois plus grand que Hyde Park à Londres. C’était tellement agréable de retrouver un semblant de fraîcheur dans ce parc que je me suis aventuré dans les allées, et les ... read more