After another busy but very intersting week in Munich I found some time again to share some experiences. My parents took the long train ride to visit me, so we spent most of the weekend trying to see and discover as much of Munich as possible, but with a focus of indoor activities because of the bitterly cold weather.
A very nice place was the Schloss Nymphenburg which is impressive in winter but must be really awesome in summer – it’s beautiful and just huge. Even the fresh snow didn’t seem to pose any problem to the masses of runners we saw, in warmer times I can only imagine as a paradise to go running. Maybe I’ll get the chance to spend another internship here in summer, I’m sure I would take it. Right next is the Museum of Men and Nature, which was very interesting and features a lot of interactivity, so you don’t get bored.
We also saw the Transportation Exhibiton of the Deutsches Museum where we spent more time than planned on the history of transportation, old S-Bahn trains, cars, bicycles and much more, I would really recommend it for a cold winter day, especially because it has so many old things you can inspect instead of just reading about them.
Naturally we also stopped by the Marienplatz, Karlsplatz, Maxmonument and several other sights, but another highlight of the “tour” was trying quite a good variety of food including the original Hofbräuhaus, Bretzelina (which has the best Bretzen in Munich so far and I tried a lot) and Vapiano. The real highlights to me were Milchhäusl (very small place offering affordable, organic but traditionally bavarian food) right in the English Garten, Basic Buffet and Hänsel und Gretel at the Marienplatz. All those three restaurants have a quite unique philisophy which I always prefer to generic places like Starbucks – which are nice but not really a reason to visit another city for. Sadly 99% of the people don’t seem to care much about those individual places, but I hope they’ll still be able to survive.
That’s it for now, feel free to comment, I’m open for feedback and would like to hear your opinion.