Munich

Arrived Munich midday to meet up with my mate Nikola (nik) who I know through the grad program at work.

Went to Nymphenburg Palace whicu was very Napoleony. Built in the 1700/1800s it was fairly basic with very cool ceilings. The area also featured a horse muesuem with plenty of golden carriages the royal family used to use and all their horses attire. The muesuem had a lot of stuff on King Ludwig the 2nd too. Closet homosexual and introvert who got removed from power due to not doing his duties and spending all the money.

After this did another walking tour with a german dude getting his phD, we got the trams everywhere and near munich central it was so confusing which platform to go to because they were all right near each other and had the same names and had many levels to it. Interesting because old town in Munich or marianplatz was apparently only about 3% original. The rest was bombed to shit and the 3% was so the British could use those existing buildings to triangulate their positions.

A lot of the buildings were rebuilt, due to budget restrictions however a lot of the original columns and windows from the buildings were painted on the buildings instead as seen in pic 9/10. They now have the money to rebuild but they apparently keep it as a reminder to "not start a war because then you'll have to paint your windows on your building."

Watched the euros opening soccer game Scotland v Germany... soooooo many Scottish fans in munich with their kilts and blue and white tops. They drank munich out of beer by 1030am which is impressive considering these places know how to stock beer for events like Oktoberfest. They had a really funny chant with the accent "Scooooooooooooooooootland!". Scotland got destroyed 5 - 1. You could hear the noise from the stadium in the pub when goals were scored. Police were so scared of scottish riots they closed marianplatz .

German desserts were yummy, their traditional sausages very mid though.

Hostel was shit, got the ICE DB train to berlin next day. Nice train ride.Okumaya devam et