Blogs from Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 94

The Munchies in Munchen.. Thats what we have dubbed ourselves, myself, Dan, Brad and Cal.. Go the Munchies in munchen! I was the first to arrive, followed by Dan and while we waited for the boys to arrive we took a city sightseeing tour bus.. Always good, always provides lots of interesting sights to go back too.. After picking Brad and Cal up at the train station with extremely cute little signs (which you better still both have btw!) and a German greeting we walked down to Marianplatz.. the main part of town here, beer halls everywhere with masks (not steins!), Cal had one and we later found out he was drinking apple juice! Go apple juice though!! The two hour train trip out of Neuschwanstein castle provided an extremely long, uphill walk to get to ... read more

Arrived in Munich in the afternoon and explored this great town. It was very busy and the streets were filled with beer tables, pork sausages and more beer! I've never see so much beer in my lifeeeeeee!! The town was filled with friendly and happy drunks, lots of dancing and lots of laughter. That night we checked into our hotel and I loved it~ big beds, big pillows and heaps of room for me to dance around. After a quick rest we were off to the famous BEER HALL! A few minutes after sitting down we were given these STEINS of BEER!! They were heavy and hold about 1lt of beer~ haha I only have one photo of this experience... kinda got drunk... and the rest is history. Next stop... Austria Tyrol ... read more

Greetings from Munich! I just arrived at 10:30 today, 4:30a.m. your time. I haven't done too much besides walk around the downtown core yet, because I was busy sleeping after the flight! I did meet some cool people already, one from Munich and an Aussie. My first real stop is in Venice, so I'll have more to talk about once I get started on my tour. As promised, here's my basic itinerary: June 10 - departure June 11 - arrival in Munich June 12-14 - Venice June 15-17 - Rome June 18 - Florence June 19-20 - La Spezia June 21-23 - Nice June 24-26 - Lauterbrunnen June 27-29 - Munich June 30 to July 28 - Vienna (exchange program) July 29 - departure from Vienna & arrival in Ottawa Here's a basic breakdown of how ... read more

We arrived on Saturday afternoon and took a metro out to our camping spot on the river. After setting up our spot we went in seach of a Supermarket to try some awesome German sausage but came back with marinated pork. Sunday as always meant a sleep -in. Following breakfast and a keen ambition on my part to make it to a beer garden I said to Neetz come on we better explore this city. Without letting Neetz know of my only intention (to make it to a beer garden) (neetz here...as if I didn't know tezz's intention of going to the beer garden, he pretty much dragged me there quietly not saying anything but "nah lets go this way") we strolled past some places and took about 5 photos. From there the truth came ... read more

Before I comment on the Palace, which was one of the main reasons for the stop in Munich, i think i need to talk a bit about Germany. Upon leaving i was VERY impressed! The people were always kind, and always helpful. They had a police presence that made me feel secure, even after a few oddly large sized beers at a beer garden. Speaking of beer, Munchens... love their beer and pretzels. Ashley and I had a shocking experience with the traditional bavarian food, I dont know if this is right to say but it was very simular to Jewish food... For example: I ordered a bread dumpling soup, which was oddly like Matzah ball soup and Ashleys Chicken sat along side a potato pancake. I guess it was on our minds since we ... read more