Okay, I’ve been in Munich for a day-and-a-half and it definitely is different from all of the other cities that I’ve visited here in Europe. Part of that may be because my hotel is a little bit out of the way from all of the tourist activity. I’m not sure why it’s so dead in my neighborhood because it is walking distance from Oktoberfest, yet once it gets dark, the neighborhood dies.
I have now had beer at Oktoberfest, so I can mark that off of the bucket list. I’ve been in the early afternoon and in the early evening and it is two completely different scenes. Early on, it’s still packed, but there’s room at all of the tents and you can still get beer and there’s plenty of room at the food stands. In the evening, the tents are packed and the field is packed with drunken idiots and it’s kind of difficult to work your way through the crowds at times. I’m planning to go back tomorrow morning, just to check out the morning crowd and to get myself a good morning buzz, but afterwards, I think I’d like to see some more of Munich away from all of the beer.
Walking back to my hotel, I saw a sign advertising an anti-capitalism protest here next week. Hmm . . . socialists in Munich . . . what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
I did manage to get a little bit around town to take some pictures of old buildings – if you haven’t noticed from past posts, I like old buildings – but it’s hard to get good shots of a lot of buildings in Munich because the buildings are in amongst newer, tall buildings so it’s hard to get a good angle for a picture. Any way, I’ve tried.
This is just a start. I’ll check back in with more Munich later.
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