{"id":220,"date":"2016-08-26T19:28:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T18:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/?p=220"},"modified":"2016-09-23T06:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T05:41:47","slug":"21-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/2016\/08\/26\/21-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"(21) Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday<\/strong> and as we don’t need to catch the bus until 1 o’clock in Helibonn there is no rush. \u00a0Erica is coming with us. \u00a0It’s about 300k to Munich and takes close to 5 hours in the bus as we had a few stops along the way including Stuggart airport. \u00a0We arrive at the bus station about 6pm and head over to the rail system to catch the underground into the city centre and then on to another line out to our hotel which is a five minute walk from the station. \u00a0It is a bit on the cooler side and out comes the brolly for the bit of rain that is around. \u00a0We had left a lovely warm day behind in Lauffen. \u00a0We check in, dump our bags and head back into the city centre to meet Sabrina and head for a 6th floor restaurant called the Glockenspiel. Same as the Glockenspiel in Stratford. \u00a0The restaurant is named after the Glockenspiel on the Town Hall which we will come across a few times while we are in the city. \u00a0Margaret has a Risoto and me a schnitzel which we both enjoyed before heading back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong> – A nice big breakfast at the hotel and we are back on the underground to the central station where we purchase a 24 hour ticket for the hip on hop off bus. \u00a0Not the big red one this time but their opposition. \u00a0We had a live voice talking in German and English but not always the easiest to hear or understand. \u00a0We are on the extended loop and head out to the Olympic park. Low and behold just across the road is the BMW museum which we head over to explore. \u00a0I learn that BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or for you non German speakers Bavarian Motor Works. \u00a0Begining life making aircraft engines before some of the staff got interested in Motorbikes in around 1917. \u00a0They now own brands such as Mini, Rolls Royce and Rover. \u00a0Another very interesting journey through the last century.\"bmw\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Back on the bus and back into the city to catch a train out to the airport. \u00a0Sabrina was finishing work at the Hilton Hotel at 4:30 and was going to show us around her kitchen. \u00a0A huge operation it was over two floors. \u00a0There was a section we couldn’t go into because of security where they made meals for special clients on private aircraft. \u00a0Hush hush. \u00a0Back into the city where it was starting to get dark. \u00a0We headed to an old traditional Barverian Restaurant which had been going since the 1700’s called Augustine, \u00a0Huge place, fantastic architecture, great beer, good meal. \u00a0I had a steak something or other.<\/p>\n

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Monday – Up a bit earlier as we wanted to get on the bus before our 24 hours had expired. \u00a0Sabrina had Monday off and was spending the day with us. \u00a0She met us for breakfast at the hotel. \u00a0We did the City tour this time. \u00a0It was a much better trip, you could actually hear and understand the tour guide. \u00a0Also got a much better appreciation of the city. \u00a0We did the full loop then headed to the market for a look around and a beer before heading back out to the English Garden and the Chineese Tower. \u00a0The park is apparently bigger then Central Park in New York. \u00a0The park was quite impressive really and as it was a hot day there were hundreds of people out and about. \u00a0We had lunch by the tower and a litre handle of beer. \u00a0We then hailed a couple of bike rickshaw thingies to take us to see some surfers we had seen from our bus tour. \u00a0It was a small river which went through the park and somehow it was producing this wave across it. \u00a0People were surfing backwards and forwards across it. \u00a0One at a time as soon as that person fell off the next would jump in. \u00a0Very impressive and fun to watch. \u00a0We spent a bit of time there before hopping on a bus back into the city and then strolling the city till we ended up at Sabrina’s flat. \u00a0A nice compact little place up six flights of stairs. \u00a0Interesting, apparently in Germany the norm is to bring your own kitchen when you move into a flat. \u00a0Good old Ikea. \u00a0We had dinner at a local Barverian Restaurant and said all our goodbyes to Sabrina. \u00a0It was really sad as she had been a wonderful host(wth her mum & dad) \u00a0to us for the two weeks plus we have been in Germany.<\/p>\n

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\nTuesday is back to Luffen day. \u00a0Bus goes at 1:50 so we spent the morning again wandering around the city, watching the Glockenspiel operate, relaxing in the market before making our way to the Bus station. \u00a0Munich had been another wonderful experience. \u00a0The bus ride was interesting as well. \u00a0We had been going for about an hour and a quarter when the bus pulls into a service area and says everybody out, half hour rest here. \u00a0We had the front seats right up behind the driver and at one spot on the Autobahn this car in front was travelling along at just below the 100 in the middle of three lanes. \u00a0The bus was not allowed in the fast lane or to undertake the car who just refused to pull over. \u00a0He sat right on his bumper blasting his horn but the driver refused to budge so he went into the fast lane. \u00a0The car then sped up. \u00a0Thing were a bit tichy for a bit. \u00a0We got into Helibonn at 7pm and Rudi was waiting to take us home to another of his home cooked meals. \u00a0It was like the last supper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday and as we don’t need to catch the bus until 1 o’clock in Helibonn there is no rush. \u00a0Erica is coming with us. \u00a0It’s about 300k to Munich and takes close to 5 hours in the bus as we had a few stops along the way including Stuggart airport. \u00a0We arrive at the bus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hailes.co.nz\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}