Munich, Germany

Glockenspiel in Marienplatz

We took the train from Salzburg to Munich.  Our family really enjoys this type of travel and find it very relaxing.  We can all enjoy the views.

Upon arrival we went to our hotel only to find out that we did not have a room.  The receptionist found another room for us in a different hotel.  He even escorted us there.  Once we settled in, we wanted to go on a walk into the Fussgangerzone of Marienplatz.  The Glockenspiel looked so pretty at night.

Our main goal in Munich was to visit with friends.  Johanna has been part of our family since she was 14 years old.  She made the journey down from Jena to see us.

Veronika and her boyfriend Daniel made the journey in to see us as well.  Veronika lived with us two years ago while interning at the girl’s school.  She is really fun to be around and we were so happy she made the journey to see us.  We met Daniel for the first time and he is fantastic, Hanna was in a really silly mood and he did great with us all.

We walked through the English Gardens which are huge.  It was a tad rainy so it wasn’t as busy there as it normally can be.  Veronika took us to this cool bridge where you can watch surfers.

The is a huge Chinese building in the park that is in the center of a beer garden.

A local volunteer group was trying to raise money by bringing their dogs to the park to be pet.  The girls loved this.

We had to of course stop by the busy Hofbrauhaus.  The girls enjoyed a huge pretzel and we got to see some music.

For lunch we went to St. Augustine’s Dom and I tried Schweinehaxen.

After lunch we climbed to the top of St. Peter’s Dom and had a spectacular view of Munich.  The stairs up are tight and if you are claustrophobic this could be an issue because people are coming down at the same time as you are ascending.  The view is worth it though if you can get passed that.

After climbing down the stairs, Hanna’s legs were tired so Daniel helped Hanna out.

We basically walked around a bit more, ate, and visited.

Monday morning Johanna came and we all had breakfast together.  Our family all bought dirndl’s and lederhosen.  Johanna had to leave then.

It also came time for me to say goodbye to my family because I had to go on to Spain to start walking the Camino.  I cried.  It was so nice being together these last 4 weeks.  Brad and the girls made their way to Amsterdam and will fly home tomorrow.