A weekend in Münich

In the 2 ½ day we were visiting Münich we saw a lot of the central tourist attractions. On Sunday we took a guided tour, which we can recommend doing. Getting the background to what you are seeing makes the experience a whole lot better. A good example is the animated Glockenspiel at the Münich City Hall. The animation consists of two different sets of figures moving around, starting after 5 minutes of bell ringing. Not really impressive (our guide rates it as one of the more disappointing European tourist attractions), but getting the history behind the scenes and an understanding of why the glockenspiel is decorating the City Hall makes it more memorable. 


A few observations about the city:

1. Münich is the most expensive city in Germany (according to our guide anyway). Though coming from Zürich, the worlds' most expensive city, most things seems almost inexpensive (and we took advantage). Pretzels cost the same as in Zürich, but you get nearly 3 times as much! 

2. A lot more people live there then in Stockholm! We were amazed by the amount of people on the streets, and this wasn't even peak tourist period.

During the stay we enjoyed sampling the local cuisine at the beer houses. There you can get all kind of meat, like the liver-ball-soup Andreas had for example. And if you want you can also go for the traditional monk "fast" food. The monks did not eat anything during the 40 days of Lent, but subsisted instead by drinking around 3 liters of beer per day.  

On Sunday we had reservations at the vegetarian restaurant Prinz-Myschkin which Andreas had read was one of the best in town. We did not roll out of there disappointed. The truffle-potato-zucchini-gratin was Andreas' absolute favorite, but the mango tiramisu was not bad either. 

In front of the opera House at Max-Joseph Platz. 

 On Saturday we were out for a wander and came across the surfers in the Englischer Garten. The artificial waves are not for beginners and it was fun to watch. 

Monday was a "work" day for Jennifer, mostly comprised of visits to the Swiss consulate. But that's another story.