Europe 2007 – Day Eleven (later)

August 18th, 2007 - 11:49pm

Day Eleven (later)
Munich
18 August 2007 23:49

Justine has been running on on sleep thus far, and I had only a few hours sleep on the awful train ride. We explored insofar as we went to our hotel; Justine and I both napped for an hour or two, puctuated by a church bell tolling every 15 minutes (once for 15, twice for 30, three times for 45). I got up and went to a local laundromat with three bags of clothes and washed them (my first time at a laundromat!); it is good to be able to avoid using a sink for once!

Once the clothes were washed and spun (almost) dry I returned to the hotel with the now four bags due to them still being wet — it seemed five times further than the four blocks.

Later, we got up and strolled into the “old city”. We checked out a church of some kind (bells tolling constantly there) and the Glockenspiel at Marienplatz.

We then wandered to the parkland (Munich has huge, sprawling inner city parks kilometres long) and saw people sunbaking on what is the closest thing to a beach in this landlocked city.

In another park, there were surfers riding a large, permanent wave just after the exit from a bridge. It was mesmerising watching them go back and fourth on the small river.

Out of the park we discovered that most shops were closed (it’s a Sunday), we did find a good, cheap, modern restaurant (”Bloom”) which we enjoyed.

Oh yes, I had two beers today, and have had a litre of beer. Got to love German beer. The 500mL beers aren’t even the large ones.

Tags: europe 2007, glockenspiel, marienplatz, munich, surfing, tired, washing