Munich, wow, what can I say.
It’s like going back in time to the land of princes. Bavaria is such a royal land, and the people are very proud. You’d have to understand a bit of German history to understand why, but Germany used to be full of small kingdom-states before it was unified into Germany, and Bavaria was the biggest and most powerful of them all. There’s a lot of magic still in Bavaria, where the mountains border Switzerland and Austria.
In Munich, you can see the Alps in the distance to the south, and if you go up St. Peter’s Tower, you can see all of the city stretching out around you. Every day, I tried to visit somewhere new — art museum, neighborhood, famous tourist spot, and so on. I saw the Swan Lake ballet there in the beautiful Opera house, toured the Royal Munich Residence, went to the Neue Pinothek and Alte Pinothek (art museums), BMW Welt, the Olympic Stadium grounds, and walked miles around the town, hopping on the metro and hopping off as I wanted.
The metro was so easy to use that you could get practically anywhere in Munich. I stayed a hostel, Smart Stay Munich, which was cozy and centrally located, clean and quiet. I recommend it to anyone wanting a cheap place again.
Photos of Munich:
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| Walking around in Munich |
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| The street trains |
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| View of Munich from St. Peter’s Tower |
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| Sunset over Nymphenburg Palace |
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| Swans at twilight in the Englischer Garten |
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| Marienplatz |
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| Nymphenburger Palace |
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| Swans from Nymphenburger Palace |
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| Harps in the Munich Residenz |
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| Living room in the Munich Residenz |
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| A hallway in the Munich Residenz |
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| A bed in the Munich Residenz |
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| Inside the Portrait Room in the Munich Residenz |
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| The Antiquarium in the Munich Residenz |
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| A ballroom in the Munich Residenz |
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| A large painting over an ornamental desk in the Munich Residenz |
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| Inside the Munich National Theatre |
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| Outside the Munich National Theatre, standing next to the Munich Residenz |
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| Watching the surfers at Eisbach, in Munich |
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| The Jean-Paul Gaultier collection exhibition in Munich |
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| Marienplatz at night |
