Germania Adventure 1.2

Thursday January 14th:

Time to hit the road!! The autobahn was calling us westward, A new city awaited and cruising at 180km the volkswagen passat turned formula 1 and we arrived in no time. The shades of grey had cleared the sky leaving a blanket of blue as far as the eye could see, i was already warming to Munich. This was my first taste of a big European city, simply walking around was a cool experience, The streets a maze of history. Being from Australia our oldest building stands only a couple of hundred years old, Its crazy to think how the times have changed since the first building was erected in the heart of Munich. My favourite building was the Neues Rathaus, the new city hall. It's right in the centre of the Marienplatz, which is where most of the action takes place. The detail in the architecture was amazing, I'd never seen anything like it. This was just one of many rad buildings and churchs we visited but it was definatley a stand out attraction. The rest of the city seemed to sprawl out from this point, I'm a simple guy with simple pleasures so just walking around was fun for me. I was super stoked on the bakeries, which could be found on almost every corner, all of them had fresh sandwiches good to go. That was to be my staple diet for most of the trip! A mandatory stop at the Hoftbrauhaus was in order and I was greeted with the biggest beer I've ever had! Every stereotypical thought of Germany was found here under one roof,haha. Beer,pretzels,assorted meats and a group of big Bavarians wearing lederhosen even a sausage dog!!!....It was Hilarious.The beer kicked in a little and it had been a long day so we decided to retire for the night and continue in the morning.

Friday January 15th:

After a good rest at our retro style hotel(http://www.hotel-coccon.de/ if your ever in Munich) I found myself realising why I hadn't been to a museum since high school. The "Deutch Museum" was a big let down,I don't know why we thought it would be fun. Who really wants to know the history of textiles?? I figure museum's are only good if it's specific to a topic that interests you, otherwise they're just full of random shit that you really don't want to know about. Anyways....That plan was a bust so we decided to take in abit more of the local scene around town. The St Peters chucrch was rad, you can climb the 306 steps to the top and get a full 360' view of Munich. The city littered with roof tops and towers from other churches, It was an awesome perspective of the city and a great spot to view it from. A quick stop by the Viktualienmarkt ( a massive outdoor market)lead me to sample my first pork knuckle,a must have according to Rick. I wasn't even hungry but the food drunkeness that followed was well worth it! The market is a sensory overload, a mass of open stalls selling everything from fresh fruit to pig livers...This is another big attraction in Munich and for a food lover it is paradise. Unfortuantley this was the end of my Munich stop, It had been a full week since I'd touched snow and the Austrian peaks were next on the list, So it was back in the passat race edition and off to Mayrhofen!