Arrival in Munich

Munich is MANIC! 🇩🇪 It is absolutely heaving here. I believe the Bayern Munich football team is playing Real Madrid this evening and so the fans are filling the streets. ⚽

The overall impact of this is that the Altstadt was filled to the brim with people and so it is very difficult to see the main sights, particularly around Marienplatz. Consequently I went to see a number of places dotted around some of the slightly less touristy areas.

The iconic Frauenkirche is absolutely enormous, while the Asamkirche is extraordinarily ornate inside - everywhere your eyes rest there are more and more details to be found! ⛪

I wandered past the Hofbrauhaus, where I'm hoping to have lunch tomorrow, outside of which there was a crowd of Spaniards chanting "Pedro Sánchez! Hijo de puta!" presumably in response to Spain's latest political debacle. I then headed down Maximilianstraße and to the English Gardens to enjoy the sun.

After that, I headed to a small Bavarian beer hall for dinner, where I had Geschmorte Ochsenbackerl in Rotweinsoße mit Wurzelgemüse und Semmelknödel (braised ox cheeks in a red wine sauce), which was delicious!En savoir plus