Vacation 2011 - Part 3

After leaving Bastogne, we made our way back to Paris for our flight to Munich.  It was kind of sad to drop off our rental car, knowing that we would be at the mercy of taxis and public transportation for the rest of our trip.  Our Air France flight was quick and easy, and the S Bahn took us right to our hotel.  We checked in and walked across the street to a restaurant/biergarten for some dinner.  We called it a night pretty early.

The next day was, quite frankly, very boring.  It rained all day long, and was really cold.  We tried to make the best of it, and went to the Marienplatz to look around.  We decided to eat lunch there, and the food was very German (Bavarian is more like it).  Jeremiah made the mistake of ordering, and drinking, a nice German beer.  We've decided he is allergic to hops or something, because he spent the rest of the day in bed, moaning in pain.  It was a wasted day.  In retrospect, we should have planned a trip down to the Eagles Nest in Austria.  I guess we will just have to go back...

On Saturday, we were finally able to enjoy the Munich I remembered from my study abroad days.  The sun was out, the Marienplatz was packed, and the Viktualienmarkt was vibrant. 

We were able to experience our first doner (kind of like a gyro) and we did a ton of walking.  Later that evening at the hotel, we sat at the hotel bar was watched "the Super Bowl of soccer" with a bunch of Euros.  A good time was had by all.

Sunday came, and we realized that Munich shuts down on Sunday.  Since no trip to Munich is complete without an obligatory visit to the Hofbrauhaus, we went back to Marienplatz to find the original meeting place of Adolf and his minions.  It was already filling up with tourists, so we took a couple of pictures, grabbed some souvenirs, and headed out.  Jeremiah had found a website about the Third Reich in Munich, so we looked for different "points of interest".   We capped it off with a visit to the English Biergarten.

By Monday, we were ready to get to Paris.  Bavaria is nice, but the City of Lights was calling my name!