Monday 22^nd August 2016

Woke this morning to clear sky with expected top temperature of 25°.

Agenda for the day was to walk round the city and do the things we didn’t have time to do last year.

First stop was The Residenz, (the family home of the Bavarian Royal Family). A very large palace with an amazing amount of gold leaf and very ornately decorated ceilings. The chapel which was very grand was partly destroyed by bombing in WWII and has only recently been rebuilt and now used as a conference centre but the walls are now only bare brick.

Hall of Antiquities in The Resident

Time for lunch so the four of us went to the Hofbrauhaus. Traditional Munich sausages with sauerkraut, cheese plate, bread and the mandatory 1 litre of beer for Mick and I, Heather had a dark Radler (Shandy) while Lynne had Rhine Pino Gri. A great experience with a traditional German Oompa band playing.

Lunch at Hofbrauhaus

More walking and some retail therapy before finishing the afternoon with a well deserved cuppa and sit down to rest our weary feet. So far today we have walked about 8klms.

A little more walking saw us at the Schneider Weisse Brauhaus for dinner. Traditional Munich roast pork with bread dumplings, salad and a beer to assist with digestion. Only ½ a litre this evening. Lynne stuck to water. Walked back to the Hotel for a cuppa in the restaurant before going upstairs to pack up ready for the chapter of our journey to Prague tomorrow.

Quote of the trip so far was by Lynne. She was in a toyshop in Munich and the assistant was speaking German. Lynne replied that she did not speak English. Actually meant to say she did not speak German.