Munich – Part one City tour

This past weekend was a four day holiday in German we got Good Friday off and Easter Monday.  So with the help of one of my coworkers he set me up on going to Munich.  He printed me off where to stay, how to get there, and a list of things that I might like to do.  He said it would be a shame for me to waste this long weekend by staying in my apartment the whole time.  I agreed and set up the train ride from Stuttgart to Munich.  It’s the high speed train called the ICE.  It makes only limited stops and gets there in about two hours.  I left on an early train and got to the Munich main train station and found my hotel.  It was located only about 2 blocks from the train station and they had my room ready so I could check in early and unpack my bag and only take some of the essentials that I would need for the day.  Then I decided the best way to see the city in a fast open air double decker bus tour.  This turned out to be great.  I got to see:

Konigsplatz

Palace of Nymphenburg (this was less than 1/4 of the actual place)

Olympic Park (This is the stadium, it was built to look like the Alps)

English Garden and people surfing on the river

Rathaus mit Glockenspiel (New City Hall)

Then I ended the day eating at an outdoors restaurant, having a beer and people watching in the Karlsplatz (pedestrian zone shopping center).

The second day brought on another big adventure going to the Neuschwanstein Castle.