It's about time I started backtracking because I've really done a lot since coming here. On the Second of October the whole AIFS group had an outing to Munich. We took the train there, which was about a 2 hour ride. Had a small walking tour of the center of the city. And then we were left to our own devices.
On the right is the glockenspiel. We weren't lucky enough to see it in action, but our tour guide told us the story of what goes on. The top tier depicts a wedding scene, while the bottom is a battle between Bavarian and Anglo-Saxon knights.
We next wandered into the Englischer Garten, which is huge. I think we were told it's larger than Central Park in New York City. This was the first time I noticed that it's actually becoming fall here! But it made everything so much prettier. We stopped for refreshments at one of the many beer gardens within the park called Chinesischer Turm. Which is the lovely tower in the picture on the right. Since Oktoberfest was still going on I think everything was a little more over the top and crowded than it may be normally.
After that we headed over towards the Olympic stadium and I was surprised to find the BMW museum located right outside of the subway stop. Didn't get to spend much time there but they had the neatest blobs that moved around completely independent of each other. They also had scrolling messages on them, in German and English.
The Olympic stadium was kinda lackluster since we couldn't find a way to see more than what was left over of the swimming building. But it was still neat to be near it.
Some of the highlights of the day included getting to "ride" an expensive BMW motorcycle, a beautiful old Merry-Go-Round, and Call-A-Bikes.
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