Today I had a bit of a sleep in before I got up and had breakfast in the hotel. I can't believe how much traveling takes it out of you. It was an overcast and cold day in Munich today. It's meant to be their summer and I'm still wearing a jacket and years. So much for heading home with a tan.
After breakfast I started exploring. I got a map of Munich from the hotel and planned what I was going to do for the day while having breakfast. I walked down through the centre of town which was about 10mins walk from my hotel. I already had a general idea where a few things were located from the little surprise tour that I got taken on yesterday by my inappropriate transfer driver. I walked through the shopping mall until I came to the glockenspiel. When I got to my hotel last night I grabbed some brochures from the foyer with trips that they do. I came across a free walking tour which started from the glockenspiel.
Before coming over to Europe I made myself a budget of 50 euros a day. I know when you go traveling that sometimes you spend your daily budget, sometimes you don't spend any of it and some times you go way way over your budget. Well that's what I have found anyways. So not knowing exactly what I was going to do that day and not knowing what top tip... I was out of my depth. The walking tour was great. She took us to all the major spots and told the history of Munich with a hilarious seance of humour.
We walked through the markets and she told us the do's and don'ts of Munich. The places to eat and the places to stay away from. We walked past a statute of a women with a gold breast holding a bunch of flowers. She told us that People come here from far and wide to see this statute and that her name was Juliette. If you bring her flowers or cop a feel of her gold bits you will be lucky in love. I didn't have any flowers so I went with the second option.
On the tour I started talking to a few other solo travellers. A man from California, a man from India and a girl from Prague. The tour went for about an hour and a half and was great. I awkwardly gave my tip to the lady and the 4 of us decided to circle back to this church that she told us about.
When you look at the top of this church it has a cross on it that is facing the wrong way. The tour guide told us a story that one night long ago a strong wind blew the gold cross off the church into the street. The priest of the church looked at the cross and knew they has to put the cross back on top of the roof but were to elderly to do it. So they went down the pub and recruited a man to do it for them and gave him a pint of beer for his troubles. So this man began to climb the church with the cross and the pint of beer drinking it on the way up. When he got to the top being intoxicated he put the cross on the wrong way. The priest started yelling at the man to change the cross back to its original position when the man slipped and his beer glass started falling towards the ground. It feel out of his hand, bounced off the roof, hit the gutter and hit the ground where the priest where standing. Astonished that they beer glass didn't break the priest took this as a sign and left the cross the way it was.
The tour guide told us that at the top of this church you could see a 360 degree view of Munich. We walked back to the church and paid our 4euros and climbed the stairs. My bum and legs got the best work out. The climb to the top took about 5 or so minutes of going up steep ass stairs. But when we got to the top it was worth it.
Stunning 360 degree views of the city. Amazing. The balcony was oh so tiny it it was beautiful. After the church we went and had some lunch in the beer garden markets.
The markets where amazing. Fresh food, cheeses, hand made gifts.... I was blown away by its beauty .
I had a fresh fruit smoothie and we decided to go to .... milka world... Don't know what that is... It's a Germany chocolate shop!
There was milka everything. Ice creams, cup cake mixes, shirts, coffee and of course chocolate. And we brought so so much of it. After milka world I told the guys about the surfers on the river and asked them if they had seen them yet? We walked over to the English gardens... We may have got a little lost on the way but we got their.
The guys wanted to go see the alliance arena and I wasn't overly too keen so I continued on without them through the park.
The park was beautiful.
I couldn't get into it. The most I could do is unzip half of my bag and put my hand in it. No matter where I stay whether it's a hostel or hotel I always lock my bag before I leave the room. I have spoken to many people who thought I was crazy for doing it even when I stay in a hotel. And my answer to them was you never know what happens when your out of your room.
I went down to reception and the receptionist used bolt cutters on my suitcase so I could get into it. Which was great because it was still fully functional it now just needs a new lock... I never travel with anything expensive or anything I can't afford to loose and I put anything valuable in my hand bag that never leaves my side eg. Passport. I'm just very thankful that they didn't steal anything.
I was pretty cranky about my suitcase getting broken into so I ended the day at a beer hall with a few glasses of wine and some ice cream.
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