so we (morgan, esther & luke) went to München for the first may bank holiday weekend to see greg who was in town for a conference. The holiday didn't start out too well as we missed our flight and had to wait 3 1/2 hours for the next flight which cost more than our already paid for return ticket :( lesson learnt. And then on the way back our flight was delayed!! If only it had been the other way around! ;) But inbetween, our weekend was most enjoyable...
We went to the Hofbräuhaus every day - it was like coming home each time! there's always a spot to sit, and within seconds a waiter/ress is there to take your order and swiftly comes back with big beer mugs in hand, followed shortly by food involving pork, be it pork sausages, roasted pork or pork knuckle (aka schweineshaxn) = YUM! however, after only 3 days of this diet, we came back wanting to avoid all types of meat, especially pork!
By far the most enjoyable thing we did on our weekend was to do a bike tour. At 4pm we met up with our guide tony from mike's bike tours and he showed us around munich over about 4 hours. We started in Marienplatz and made our way up to the English gardens where we stopped for an hour in the chinese beer garden to have some beer & pork & mash. The cycle back was along the river - München is such a beautiful city and it was perfect for cycling around as there were bike paths everywhere. I would highly recommend doing this if you're ever there!
We also went out to Dachau and walked to the old city centre which was quite pleasant and then spent the next hour walking from there to the concentration camp. Walking around the concentration camp was rather surreal and disturbing. The museum was fascinating and had a wealth of information in it, but it was a bit creepy to look around and see where people were hung / tortured / and especially gassed to death in the gas chambers.
Other than that, we also checked out the inside of the Residenz, walked around the Viktualienmarkt (fresh veges, meats, flowers etc), walked around the english gardens around the lake and all in all had an enjoyable weekend :)
our photos are here
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