Yay last post for my Europe trip! (: Arrived in Munich on a rainy day and had to drag our luggage in the rain ):
Anyway, we checked in at the Hilton Hotel!!! Hehehe :D
but guess what, through my trip, I've always been provided with free wifi at every single accommodation i've stayed in, even 10 euro a night hostels.
Yet at the Hilton, I had NO WIFI >:[
sigh.
Anyway, we went out for a walk at the Marienplatz!
This is the new town hall building!
And this is the old town hall building! Hehe, it's ironic that the old town hall building looks newer than the new town hall building! But it's cos the old town hall building was damaged during the war and thus had to be renovated, which is why it looks newer.
We decided to walk around, but it was quite late, and we didn't get much sight seeing done ): so we decided to go for dinner instead.
Somehow we wandered into the red light district, and couldn't find much German food, so we had to settle for Italian sigh.
At least they had German beer! yumss
Bruschetta
and spaghetti. haha feel free to laugh at me for getting Italian food in Germany
The next day we decided to be more productive to make up for the disappointing sight seeing the day before. So we booked ourselves on a tour!
We had to choose between a German food and wine tour, a tour about the history of the Third Reich, and a tour to Dachau concentration camp. In the end we decided on the Third Reich tour, and totally didn't regret it, because it brought us to a lot of historic sites, although the content is a bit dark :/
This here is a site that Hitler somehow found artistic inspiration in, and painted during his early days when he was an aspiring painter.
and this is the German beer garden hofbrauhaus, where Hitler rallied supporters
and we stopped for lunch at a restaurant that Hitler used to take his lunch in
Soup!
sausages on sauerkraut
pork with potato dumpling
apple puree
This is a bullet riddled wall that was left untouched to remind us of the horrors of war
Germany university that sparked resistance
After the tour ended in the afternoon, i wanted to squeeze one more attraction in, and so we went to the Residenz Museum, which is the palace of German rulers.
Porcelain plates
and the Antiquariam, which reminds me of the Italian Uffizi museum! (: It's gorgeous with all the ceiling murals
Dazzling hallways and furnishings....
Then we went for dinner at the Hofbrauhaus! It was really an experience! So fun!!!
Here is a huge jug of excellent beer
Pork Knuckle!
Steak with potato gratin
super delicious meal (:
and the next day i had to catch my flight back to Singapore, but before i left, I had to squeeze in one more meal of course (and a LOT of chocolate shopping)
Sausages and potato salad
and delicious crepes
It was definitely an amazing 40 day adventure, of food, friends and fun! (: I had the time of my life discovering so many many many new places, and I absolutely LOVE Europe.
Thanks for the memories (:
Love,
Sherms
