Munich

I know I wrote a bit about Munich, but I wanted to finish up. We went on the bike tour and learned so much about the city, it was jsut lovely. The architecture is really quite nice and the history is fasnicating. Munich was started as a salt trading town by monks and later more and more people settled there. It was hit quite hard by several plagues. The Glockenspiel in the Marienplatz is a huge attraction that dates back to the 14th century, basically it is a huge clock with little dancing people in it and everything in the clock has a meaning. Munich is the capital of Bavaira. Bavaria is like Beer Land. The people there have a very light hearted and carefree spirit, they love their beer and celebrations. I particularily liked Germany becasue the trains were always on time, the Germans English was great, the people were the friendliest we have encountered, and everything was quite clean. Munich was horribly expensive but there were no beggars, I didnt feel in danger at any time, and the subways were incredibly clean. I thought the city fantastic and would like to return again someday becasue I didnt feel Id seen everything. We went to the infamous Hofbrauhaus, which is now a toursty place(another reason I really liked Germany, I didnt feel it was entirely a tourist trap, the city kept its own beat regardless of tourists) the Hofbrauhaus also was the site of Hitlers first rallies. It is a giant beer hall and its really hot. After Oktorfest it wasnt as cool, but it was still really neat. We went to the Chinese beer garden in the Englisch Garden on our bike tour, and went to the Hofbrauhaus (our second time) with the tour group that night. Munch of present day Munich has been rebuilt becasue it was demolished during WWII. But it si fantastic and the weather was surprisinlgy quite nice. The Englischer Garden is much larger than Central Park and much more beautiful and clean, it even has a nudist section and we saw naked people playing frisbee. The food wasnt phenominal but we had to try the sausages and saurkraut for the experience. All in all I really enjoyed my time in Munich and wish I could have stayed a day or two longer.