Friday night we booked two days on the Munich Hop on Hop off bus, so Saturday morning we walked to the pick up spot near Karlsplatz, grabbed some breakfast, and got on the bus. Our first stop was Schloss Nymphenburg, the palace of the Kings of Bavaria in the 18th and 19th centuries. We then went to Olympiapark, where the 1972 Olympics were held. We weren’t able to stop at the Siegestor or the Odeonplatz due to a festival going on, but we drove by some interesting parts of the city. There are a lot of museums in Munich.
We crossed over the Isar, then back towards the Old Town. We got off the bus near the Marienplatz hoping to eat lunch at the Hofbrauhaus, but because it was a Saturday before a futbol game it was way too crowded. Instead we walked to near the Rathaus and looked around and got some pretzels.
We then walked to the Odeonplatz, where we checked out the sights and walked through the Hofgarten. They were setting up for the festival. We then headed back to the hotel, stopping to check out some shops on the way. By then we were tired and cold, so called it a day.
This morning we skipped breakfast and took the Hop on Hop off bus first thing to the Hofbrauhaus, then waited for it to open at 11.
After a hearty lunch of pretzel, pork, and dumplings, and some apple strudel for dessert, we got back on the bus to get a better look at the area around Konigsplatz.
We then walked around in the English Garden, one of the largest city parks in the world. We then got back on the bus and rode back to the stop near our hotel. In the late afternoon the sun actually broke through the clouds, making it warm enough for a final walk through Old Town to see a couple of things we couldn’t see from the bus and hadn’t seen on our earlier walks, like Frauenkirche and Wittelsbach Fountain. It started raining at dinner time so we just ate at the hotel and hung out til bedtime.
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