Day 10: Munich

So I've had requests to explain who this mysterious Felix person is... Felix was a foreign exchange student from Germany at my high school when I was a junior. We met because he was in the band, but mostly we met because my high school was the size of a teacup. Over the last 7 years we've kept up through email and instant messaging.

Felix had to go back to Munich for class, which was perfect as I got to wander around Munich while he was stuck in class. As I am of the opinion that wandering is the best way to travel, I didn't really plan anything.  As I only had the day, I went and found one of the tourist buses to take me around the city. The bus was nice because you could hop on and off whenever you found something interesting.

My favorite stop was Marienplatz, which has lots of cool architecture and shopping, but everything was closed because it was Sunday. I kept walking around just because it was beautiful and there were lots of street musicians, and I was enjoying myself when I came upon a street fair. I bought some chocolate strawberries and sat down and listened to the traditional German music for while. This really cute dog became my best friend as soon as he noticed my strawberries.

It had been threatening to rain off and on all morning and finally started pouring, so I made my way back to the Frauenkirche cathedral that I'd seen to get out of the rain. It's a big beautiful Gothic cathedral with lots of stained glass.








My final stop was to Nymphenburg Palace, which was built in the 1600s! There was a beautiful park behind the palace where people came to work out, or picnic, take a walk, you name it. I sat on a bench for a long time people watching and eating chocolate.

May 30, 2010