Mary's Square

Started our day with a 5 hour train to Munich. Did our least favorite activity which is looking at the budget. When you travel by train $22 dollars a day and find accommodations under $60 per night for two people, it makes all the difference. Compared to South America, Europe has been much cheaper since we cut flights out of our life.

After arriving we visited the Augustiner Bräu Beer hall which opened in 1328 by monks and is Munich’s oldest independent brewery. The beer garden stretched in all directions and had no end in sight. Because Mary worked an hour, Kieran got two liters of Dunkel and Mary got two wine rattlers (Thank you Solo!) After dinner, we walked around the gardens and a bit of downtown to work off the drinks.

Next day we visited the NS-Dokumentationszentrum München which documents Nazism’s rise and fall in Munich, which is where this horrible movement started. Compared to the other history museums we visited, this museum focused on how the US army worked to de-nazify Germany. They required the Germans to watch films from the concentration camps as well as attend re-education programs; they also removed symbols and monuments all across the city shortly after the war. The German population as a whole failed to recognize crimes and memorialize Jewish lives at least until the 1980’s. Another museum section touched on existing far right groups and their terrorist plots across the world (Munich October Fest, Oslo, New Zealand, and the Oklahoma City Bombing).

After the museum, we walked around the Oldtown and Marienplatz. We arrived on time to witness the New Town Hall bell tower chimes and performance. We continued exploring some royal residence gardens and English Garden which is a huge park in Munich. In the park, the river Eisbachwelle allows for surfing and jumping into the river rapids. It was so freaking cool and we were sad we didn’t bring any swimsuits.

To end our evening, we grabbed some ice cream on recommendation from Christian who we met in Warsaw. We also hit Sara Restaurant for dinner that was highly recommended by good friend Hannah!

Hotel: Leonardo Hotel Munich City South

Restaurant:
Augustiner Bräu Beer
Dessi Tadka - Indian Street Food
Sara Restaurant
The Crazy Ice-cream Maker

Food:
Tyrollean Farmers Salad
Farmers plate with roast, sausages, dumplings, and Sauerkraut
Ice Cream
Pani Puri (Indian)
Mango and Goa Chicken (Indian)
Lamb with Bread (Iranian)

Spots:
NS-Dokumentationszentrum München
Munich Residence
New Town Hall
English ParkRead more