Before our Iceland trip last year, we also took some time to kick around Germany again. Of course we had to visit Martina and Christian in Munich again! The city is still amazing, still historical, and still beautiful. I still want to move there, right now. If anyone in Munich wants to hire me, or my husband, or both of us, the answer is yes. Let's go.
All joking aside, after meeting a delightful high school exchange student on the plane who saved us spaces in line for our connecting flight in Iceland, we landed in Munich and made our way out to the burbs. Martina and Christian purchased a sweet not-so-little house a few years ago, and had one 2 year old and a baby on the way. Meanwhile Matt and I were just barely pregnant with our first (who, spoiler alert, died about 8 months later, but that's another story for not-here not-now maybe-not-ever-don't-worry-we're-ok), and renting a very overpriced DC one-bedroom pad. We're still in that overpriced pad but now I'm rocking some serious scars.
Our first day we chose to do some classic introductory things. We went to an outdoor market in downtown Munich, wandered around a bunch and then chose an eatery for lunch. We could walk right up to a counter and order from a long menu of sauerkraut and bratwursts, and eat outside on picnic tables. We also got unique sodas; I think mine was elderflower. Martina and Matt sat across from me and made faces as I took pictures. This is one of the more normal photos I succeeded in capturing. We also visited Marienplatz again, in the heart of the old city. It was a perfect day, with just the right light and cottony clouds. Martina got this lovely photo of us:
All joking aside, after meeting a delightful high school exchange student on the plane who saved us spaces in line for our connecting flight in Iceland, we landed in Munich and made our way out to the burbs. Martina and Christian purchased a sweet not-so-little house a few years ago, and had one 2 year old and a baby on the way. Meanwhile Matt and I were just barely pregnant with our first (who, spoiler alert, died about 8 months later, but that's another story for not-here not-now maybe-not-ever-don't-worry-we're-ok), and renting a very overpriced DC one-bedroom pad. We're still in that overpriced pad but now I'm rocking some serious scars.
We had a lot of fun our second time in Munich, much like our first. We did a lot of riding trains to different parts of the city and walking back, finding joy in discovering we could get around and remember things from 6 years prior. One beautiful discovery was all the graffiti around. We saw some truly lovely art, and also a funny message warning people from naming their children Kevin.
We visited a traditional Bavarian fair as well, which is quite reminiscent of an Ohio fair. It was a step up in the food department with a station of traditional German nuts, and we munched and crunched along to the Bavarian brass band done up in full cultural costume. There were little rides and games for children, and a huge tent with more performances and traditional food. I know a lot of people travel to Germany for Oktoberfest, however, I'd encourage some other travel around more obscure cultural traditions.
For more specific sites and recommendations in Munich, visit our old blogs on the subject. We did a lot more sites that time, whereas this time we mostly hung out with our good friends in their house with their kids doing adult stuff. Six years brings changes! We were able to take some day trips to other incredible cities, so check those pages for what we found.
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