Today we are off to Munich! We hopped onto the most modern and nicest train that we have been on yet! It was like the first class section in other trains. Not going to lie I was sad when our quick hour and a half train ride was over. Theo and Ronja met us at the station ready with a fun filled day planned for Andrea and I! It was so lovely to have locals show us around and not have to be concerned with planning. Especially in terms with the metro system, the city is so much more spread out that we anticipated and all the trains and lines seemed rather daunting… We made a quick stop al Theo’s place to drop off our bags and have a quick bite. They made one of Theo’s favourites and now mine too: a freshly blended strawberry purée with strawberries and whip cream! After fuelling up we all went over to the Deutsche’s Museum which is the largest science and technology museum in the world I can attest to that! There was literally everything and anything you could think of in regards to the science field. There was no way that we could see the whole thing in our one visit so we went through some of Theo’s favourite exhibitions. We saw full sized submarines, ships, planes, helicopters and even hot air balloons! Then we went over to a special exhibition about environment al sciences and humans harmful actions against. We were even able to squeeze in going to the pharmaceutical and physics exhibitions before the museum closed. After we went for a walk along the river. It is one of the first hot sunny days we have had aside from the one day in sunshine in Prague. There were so many people out sitting in the grass and soaking up the sun’s rays. We then grabbed a quick bite to eat and food for tomorrow since it is a national holiday in Germany and essentially everything will be closed. Theo is taking after Leonie and made us ladies cocktails, nothing like friendly sibling competition and grasshopper drinks!
We then made our way to Englischer Garten, German for English Garden. It is so stunning, it’s like Stanley park but right in the middle of the city as opposed to it being further out of the downtown core in Vancouver. We went to the Chinese tower, a Beer Garden and joined the other hundreds of people there, clearly this is the place to be! After we got our litre pint of beer we spent hours playing cards and enjoying each other’s company. Soon after it got dark we left the gardens and walked up to a gazebo on a hill and got a view of Munich at night. Later we headed back to Theo’s and watched a movie, turns out none of us made it to watch the whole thing since we all feel asleep!