We returned to Munich with the idea to use it as a home base to enjoy the city and explore surrounding activities. The only "plan" for today was to wander around Munich eating, drinking and shopping - while Chris repeated the BMW plant tour with Craig and Reene. We walked through the Marienplatz to the Viktualienmarkt and then on to the English Garden. It was wonderful to walk around on such a beautiful summer day - the general consensus is that Munich is a happy city.
The Neues Rathaus in the Marienplatz
In Viktualienmarkt we coincidentally ran into "Frau", the kids' German teacher, who is on a whirlwind trip through Germany with 7 students
The Maypole in the center of the Viktualienmarkt, the food market, displays the trades and crafts of this part of Munich
Each day the Viktualienmarkt's beer garden sells a different brewery's beer (one of these seven)
Jeremy couldn't decide which size to get - so he got both
Enjoying the Viktualienmarkt's biergarten
Kate's make-shift mask to protect her from the second-hand smoke
The English Garden, larger than New York's Central Park, is beautiful! We laughed and laughed over the "scenery" - the park is one of the six Urban Naked Zones, and the nudists aren't remotely prude about standing up front and center
River surfing on the Eisbach on the edge of the English Garden
When we travel I love to find a public place to sit and relax for a bit
For dinner we walked to Steinheil 16 for huge platters of schnitzel (only 11 euros each) - so big that we should have only ordered two servings for the 5 of us, and in order to reheat the leftovers, they had to be cut to fit into the microwave.
Schnitzel from Steinheil 16 in Munich
