I have already covered a few of my days in Germany last year when my family went on vacation there. I have covered a graffiti party, BMW Experiences, and some walking around Munich. I think this will probably be my last post on this trip and I will get back to some current posts and some other older interesting stuff.
One day my sister-in-law's father-in-law took us on a quick driving tour around Munich to hit some of the major sites we had not seen yet while doing most everything on foot with some use of the train system. This took us around to some of the statues, and palaces and we eventually went out of town a little bit to see the F.C. Bayern Stadium for my brother-in-law who is a big football fan.
Here is a view from the Monolith that I just posted looking toward the city center on this major street.
Here I am with all of the post-Italy eating belly, with my wife, our baby, and my brother-in-law who is also studying in the north-central part of Germany. It was also his first time in Munich.
From there we went to the Palace. This was a huge space, we didn't bother to go in or tour around too much as we were just getting a highlight of some of the major sites. Also, the gardens in the back were said to be having a particularly nasty infestation of ticks that year.
We would often pass this arch, a monument to the Bavarian army. It was between English Gardens and my sister-in-law's apartment so we often saw it from down the street.
My wife got to tour around Munich in one of her dresses from her favorite designer in Ghana, Osei-Duro. She often models for them and they have a good relationship so we took a few shots around the city with her and the dress for their social media.
One of the major things going on while we were in Munich was the Tollwood festival which lasts about a month each year and has a number of musical concerts each day, and vendors and things around all day every day. We went for just a few hours and walked through one day, I am not sure why I didn't take any pictures. The picture above is right before we entered there is this giant hanging moon. I am sure it lights up in the night.
I am telling you we are very strange tourists after all the rushing around in Italy, in Munich we took things very easy. Often we started the day very late in the morning and we ended early picking up my wife's nieces from school. One of the things we did most was just relax in the English Gardens.
English Gardens is the world's largest urban garden and stretches north to south through most of the city. There are some re-directed rivers through the park which are very clean and a great way to cool down on a hot day.
I enjoyed floating on my back down the rivers. The water was a little chilly but very refreshing. The first few days we visited we found a little side river we would sit next to in a not very busy side of the park. I would float for a little way down just watching the trees and sky as I floated along on my back. I even took Bjorn on a little float there and he enjoyed it. On subsequent visits, we went to a place right below the standing surfing wave and there was a lot more water moving very quickly as you can see in the first part of the video. This was a lot of fun because you floated quite fast and the river took a few turns and continued going. I did not go too far each time I went for a float because I didn't want my wife to worry as she waited with Bjorn but from my research, you can float all the way through the park and out the other side and climb out to catch a tram back to where you started. So each time the tram stopped at this area, a bunch of bare-footed swimming suit-cladded people were filling out.
Bjorn enjoyed playing in the park. He even thought he could eat an apple and a banana.
One day we decided to check out a food fair before walking to our favorite spot at English Gardens. We got down a few blocks away using the subway and then walked to the food fair.
This little fountain must have been a tribute to the market sweepers who kept the market so clean lol. We just wandered through the market not really buying much of anything.
Dzigbordi enjoyed trying some of the fruits we don't have in Ghana like peaches and apricots. She picked some up for snacks for the park.
From the market, we wandered downtown heading toward the park.
On this walk we saw a different perspective of some of the other sites we had seen walking around before.
An old coat of arms or maybe a beer brand lol.
The famous Houbrau house. We never really bothered because we visited some other good beer gardens and ale houses plus I was told most locals never even go to the place.
This little guy enjoyed all the activities we would do and all he would get to see. He was soaking in all his 7-month-old eyes could take.
This is the seat of the Bavarian government I believe.
This is Dzigbordi on the most expensive shopping street. Thank god she only wanted to take a photo there.
Eventually, our time in Munich ran out and we had to take an early morning Taxi to the airport and head home.