Today was a day of resting. A day to relax and not do too much or worry about a list of things that we had to go see. By this point we had seen most of the important sights, eaten the food and drank the beer. So we went to the last couple of spots we hadn’t been, The Residence and the English Garden.
The Residence is where the Wittelsbach family lived for many centuries. Well, the treasury was kind of cool, some really old heirlooms and some cool historical items. But the residence itself……..meh, left a lot to be desired for us. The first couple of rooms were fun, a courtyard with a statue made of shells called a gratto and fountains that used to have red wine flowing through them. Then the festival hall with cool paintings of the towns of Bavaria a long time ago. But after these two rooms it went downhill, at least for us. The next room was filled with portraits of all who lived there and ruled Bavaria. Gold laced everywhere and felt so over the top. As we continued through it, it just kept feel stuffier and stuffier. UGH. For some this might have ben a really cool place, but for us, we just weren’t feeling it on a humid day in Munich.
After we raced out of there, we took a quick train up to check out the English Garden. It is a giant park full of lots of cool things. There were lots of people playing in the fields and bikers all over in the big smooth bike paths. The walk in was like walking into a small forest and it didn’t take long to find our destination, the Chinese Tower. It is a big beer garden with a Chinese style tower nearby. In it you take your tray around to different windows in a way that reminded me of ski resorts. It was a great to finally get a bratwurst! And it was very yummy. The thing that let us down was the radler we bought. It must have been bottom of the barrel, and it came from a barrel, it was warm and tasted blah.
After lunch, we ticked off an item on my bucket list and rode the train up to Bayern Munich’s stadium. It was a quick train ride and fun to see; especially on a day they had a champions league game. Unfortunately, tickets were crazy expensive and we had to get up early in the morning, so we couldn’t go. After that quick jaunt we were on our way back to the center of town and to Hacker-Pschor.
When we arrived in the center of town we were welcomed with a crazy surprise. It was PACKED with fußball (soccer) fans from both teams. It felt like a madhouse. Especially since it was fans from both teams there, we then quickly made our exit to the restaurant. What a cool place!! One of the first things that we got to see was them changing out the barrel of beer. A very cool experience! The food was super good, beer was amazing and it wasn’t too crowded. I even got a beer that was from a freshly tapped barrel!
After enjoying our last day in Munich we took our last ride on the U-Bahn and hunkered down for the night and avoided the crazy soccer fans. Yet somehow we couldn’t find the game on the TV, oh well.
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