Munich-Night

Munich, Hmmm, can't say it was our favorite place, but it was very intesting and fun.  We stayed in a hostel, that was about 300 meters from the train station.  Two important lessons where learned there.  1) We are WAY too old for a Hostel and 2) areas around central train stations are seedy.

We were fortunate to have a four bedroom room with two Canadians that had the same sleeping habits as us, being going to bed by 10pm and getting up after 8, but before 9.  There were real nice and we shared some interesting stories.  Another thing about European Hostels is they have awesome bars.  Which leads to awesome all night parties, that Eliz and I just weren't in to.  And with no a/c, having to leave the window open to the main street made sleeping a little difficult, and also reference #2 from above.  It was such an experience that the night before we left, we canceled our hostel reservation for Berlin and changed it to a hotel.  Well worth the extra expense!

Now the good about Munich.   They have some great beer.  We spent time in the Botanical Garten's biergarten, the English Garten's biergarten, the Haufbrau Haus' biergarten, and the Hostel Bar, where we enjoyed the Pope's favorite brand of beer Augustina.  They had the 0,5l (half liters) and 1,0l (whole liters).  The big ones where difficult to drink, but worth the challange.  Sweet Eliz stuck with the 0,5ls. 

We took a six hour tour of Dachau, the first concentration/work camp of the WWII.  This camp was what all the others where modeled after.  Our guide was extremely good, and we both learned a lot and experienced a lot.  Definetly and amazing tour.  Pretty depressing, we had to hit the bier garten afterwards. 

All said and done, Munich is a place I would go back to, for sure.  I would do things a little differently, like rent a bike to go through the Enghischer Garten (Europe's largest Park).  I also would spend less time in the shopping area, and not stay at a hostel. 

Now for Pictures:

(ok, so we are currently in route from Berlin to Amsterdam, and the internet is being routed through my phone.  Which means I only have internet if I have phone service, which is spotty, and not enough to let me load pics.  So, I will have to wait until a time when I have good internet and load a bunch.  But, I will update about things until then.)