Munich

Munich, Germany
Day 1

After check-in, we headed out for lunch to concierge Dario's suggestion of the nearby Spatenhaus.

Pretzels and beer...

And my delicious Crispy Suckling Pig...

After lunch, we headed out to explore the shops and sights on and near Maximilianstrasse.

Seriously?? Because San Francisco is such a coffee growing mecca.

Fortunately, we moved on and didn't go inside.

We had a drink in the bar of the Kempinski and then, on our way back to the MO, we stopped in to see the Hofbrauhaus, which concierge Dario had fortunately steered us from after we suggested that we wanted to go here for lunch.

A little rest and then we headed out for dinner at Kafer, a wonderful restaurant just a 5 minute taxi ride in Prinzregentenstrasse. In addition to the main dining rooms, Kafer has 12 private theme rooms, each decorated completely differently. One is the Ice Room, in which windows are left open and temps have to be no more than +10C.

Day 2
+5C
Rain

What a difference a day makes... from beautiful sunshine to an ugly overcast and rainy day. Our final full day has two stops today, Nymphenburg and Dachau. Our wonderful driver Marc picked us up in the luxurious MO Mercedes van at around 10am. BTW, if any is looking for a first class driver in MUC, PM me for his info. In all of our travels, he is probably the best.

On the other hand, our Nymphenburg tour guide just might have been the worst. Oh well, c'est la vie. The grounds are lovely (even nicer in better weather) but palace itself is pretty much forgettable compared to St. Petersburg.

The highlight was the carriage museum, with an incredible number of elaborate horse drawn carriages from the 19th century.

From the carriage museum, we walked thru the lovely grounds to lunch at the Palace cafe.

After lunch, we headed out for the 20 minute drive to Dachau. The gloomy weather and rain seemed appropriate.

After a couple of hours, Marc was waiting for is in the reception center and drove us back to the MO, past the BMW complex including the futuristic museum and delivery center.