Munich

I spent about a week in Munich and loved it. This place definitely still holds the title of my favorite city on earth. The weather was hot and sunny pretty much everyday. I did several things here that I did not do last time. My first full day I went on a free bike tour of the city with my roommate, which was really fun and definitely informative. I spent some time walking around town and checking out the market one day. On Friday night I went on a Pub Crawl with a bunch of people from the hostel. We had guides to lead us to the different beer gardens, most of which I had already been to unfortunately. Saturday was pretty incredible though. I woke up in a daze and prepared myself for the Munich v. Stuttgart soccer match. This was pretty much the biggest game of the year and I was determined to go. I took the train, which was packed to the brim with drunken and singing Germans, out to Allianz Stadium. I was able to find a ticket in the massive crowd. I decided to go out on a limb and I sold it for more than I paid. I thought I had screwed myself as the game grew closer but I was able to buy an even better ticket for the price I had sold the first one at. Anyway, the game was insane and truly a once in a lifetime experience.

Yesterday I went on a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp with a few friends from the hostel. It was a really interesting and moving experience. It is something that everyone should do at least once. In the course of our 4 hour tour we saw just about everything in the massive complex, along with a great deal of history from our tour guide. Definitely something I will not forget.

Well, tonight is my last day in Munich. I checked out the Weihenstephan Brewery (oldest existing brewery) this morning and had some amazing beer. After that I rented a bike and spent about 4 hours just checking everthing out again. This city was definitely meant to be traveled by bike. I'm about to find me a nice big plate of dead pig with some sauerkraut and a really big beer. Sounds like a nice way to end my trip in Munich.
Off to Prague in the morning....


Frauenkirche

Marienplatz





Surfers in the English Gardens (Its pretty crazy- you should Google it)



Schnapps!

Tapping the keg, German style.

Allianz Stadium (built in 06 for the World Cup)

I had a real good seat.

Insane singing fans.



The gate at Dachau.

A cell in the "bunker" at Dachau.

A memorial at Dachau.

The wall.

The furnaces just past the gas chambers. (Pretty intense to see in person)

Another

At Weihenstephan.

The best Hefeweiss on earth. I missed the tour but this was amazing.