Hanging out in Munich

Today we headed in to central Munich to check out the glockenspiel. We missed the midday display by about 20 minutes, so we had to wait until 5pm for the next one. So we entertained ourselves and made the most of our free travel pass from the football game last night.

We checked out the famous river surfing in central Munich. The Eisbachwelle wave used to be illegal, and the surfers (who were exceptionally territorial) were chased off by the police whenever spotted. Its now legal, but apparently the surfers are still quite territorial, wanting to ensure that nobody gets hurt due to inexperience which might impact negatively on them being able to continue surfing the Eisbachwelle. It was a nice spot to relax and have a beer, enjoying the successful surfing as well as the not so successful.

Afterwards we made our way back to the glockenspiel, just as an afternoon thunderstorm rolled in. The bells were very pretty, and the figures told their stories of a jousting tournament and a royal wedding. We did quite enjoy the performance, and the thunder rolling in the background seemed to add to the experience.

Time for dinner, and we met up with one of Vela's friends from the Xiamen University sailing team. A nice change to have some Chinese food - it's been a while!Read more