Saturday, July 14, 2007
Munich, Germany Pics
at the olympic stadium
fair grounds ... blending in with the locals?
mikey having a bit of fun with the historical landmarks
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Munich, Germany
Munich, munich, munich... what to say? We had a great time as a group in Munich. our overnight train ride wasnt too bad and actually the hostel wasnt too shabby either (minus the fact that it was a 40 person room.... dont worry, we were the loudest...thanks Pat). The day we arrived, we figured out the subway system and headed out to Dachau (sp), a concentration camp on the outskirts of the city. it was absolutely crazy to see in person but a definite must while in Germany.
that night, we signed up for a tour of several beer gardens (more or less a "biergarten crawl"). we went around to some of the most famous beer gardens in munich and learned some rather interesting facts. for instance, did you know that beer isnt even considered an alcoholic beverage, it is mereley a drink that you can take and walk down the street with it. The germans just prefer to call it liquid bread...its more suitable.
We ate extra large pretzles and drank out of extra large beer mugs. PROST! later we all went to bed feeling like the pilsbury dough boy. . .literally.
there wasnt much planned for the next day so molly and i sat down for a leisure breakfast and looked up some ideas of what to do. we noticed that the summer festival was going on and that day happened to be the last day of the festival (perfect timing). even better was the fact that the event was being held at the olympic stadium... talk about killing two birds with one stone. Festival. . . check, olympic stadium. . . check! the summer festival was lots of fun. we shopped, ate food, listen to bavarian music and relaxed, just watching the crowd. we spent all day there before we even realized the time was getting very late.
we had a date at the haufbrau house (sp...i butchered that one). it was a huge hall full of leiderhosen, pretzels and, of course, beer...everywhere, beer.
we had a good time there...obviously, i have a good time anywhere with the fam, but the atmosphere makes it that much better. :)
the next day dumped rain all day...it was unbelievable! we were supposed to go sightseeing but there was no way. we walked around a bit, found a restaraunt and parked for a few hours, chatting and eating. then we headed to the cinema and actually found an english speaking movie (with no subtitles i might add) and killed 2 more hours doing that. HOT FUZZ (movie we saw) was actually a really funny movie... i give it 1 1/2 thumbs up.
it was a slow day,but a good day because we got to rest a bit. we had to catch the 10:40 pm train to amsterdam that night and its hard to sleep in those tiny beds.
so, i write this blog from amsterdam... sadly, the group has parted again and molly, michael and i are on our own.
brussels, paris, home... thats all thats left
until next time
that night, we signed up for a tour of several beer gardens (more or less a "biergarten crawl"). we went around to some of the most famous beer gardens in munich and learned some rather interesting facts. for instance, did you know that beer isnt even considered an alcoholic beverage, it is mereley a drink that you can take and walk down the street with it. The germans just prefer to call it liquid bread...its more suitable.
We ate extra large pretzles and drank out of extra large beer mugs. PROST! later we all went to bed feeling like the pilsbury dough boy. . .literally.
there wasnt much planned for the next day so molly and i sat down for a leisure breakfast and looked up some ideas of what to do. we noticed that the summer festival was going on and that day happened to be the last day of the festival (perfect timing). even better was the fact that the event was being held at the olympic stadium... talk about killing two birds with one stone. Festival. . . check, olympic stadium. . . check! the summer festival was lots of fun. we shopped, ate food, listen to bavarian music and relaxed, just watching the crowd. we spent all day there before we even realized the time was getting very late.
we had a date at the haufbrau house (sp...i butchered that one). it was a huge hall full of leiderhosen, pretzels and, of course, beer...everywhere, beer.
we had a good time there...obviously, i have a good time anywhere with the fam, but the atmosphere makes it that much better. :)
the next day dumped rain all day...it was unbelievable! we were supposed to go sightseeing but there was no way. we walked around a bit, found a restaraunt and parked for a few hours, chatting and eating. then we headed to the cinema and actually found an english speaking movie (with no subtitles i might add) and killed 2 more hours doing that. HOT FUZZ (movie we saw) was actually a really funny movie... i give it 1 1/2 thumbs up.
it was a slow day,but a good day because we got to rest a bit. we had to catch the 10:40 pm train to amsterdam that night and its hard to sleep in those tiny beds.
so, i write this blog from amsterdam... sadly, the group has parted again and molly, michael and i are on our own.
brussels, paris, home... thats all thats left
until next time
Monday, July 9, 2007
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