I had a fabulous 2 weeks in Munich.
My trip also included an afternoon in Montreal - walking along St. Catherine Street, eating at Amelio's and ordering my Tim Horton's in French, and an overnight in Toronto - catching up with my family over Monday night spaghetti!
Here are some pics of a truly beautiful holiday.
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| Marienplatz |
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| First of many cups of Gluhwein! |
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| The opening of the Christmas Markets |
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| Yes - that is a man surfing on a wave...crazy... |
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| English Garden Walk |
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| Riding the Christmas Tram with my wonderful hosts! |
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| Yes - this is the Christmas Tram - they serve booze! |
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| My favourite Christmas Market |
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| This is where we had lunch...seriously.... |
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| Yup - this is what it looks like - ugly eh? |
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| The Holt Renfrew of Munich - Elise and I had complimentary Gluhwein | at their private Christmas Market. |
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| One of the 4 gates into the heart of the city. |
Other highlights include:
- Multiple games of Settlers of Catan ... and yes I have now finally WON!!!!
- Excellent German Beer - my favourite is Tegernsee - delish!
- Bavarian Food - hazelnut stew, bratwurst (as long as there is no mustard)
- Surprisingly excellent Spanish, Greek and Italian food when we got tired of Bavarian Food
- The daily ritual of coffee and cake at 4 PM
- Shopping at MUJI - I know a Japanese store?
- In fact all shopping in general
- A meaningful trip to the Concentration Camp at Dachau
- Exploring all the foods Germans consume out of a tube
- Lots of crisp wintery walks in beautiful places - every time I looked around me I saw something beautiful
- The honour system on the metro, when paying for newspapers and the unwritten no jay walking policy even if there are no cars for miles....seriously....
- Wonderful laughs and tears with two dear friends Elise and Julian
- Coming HOME to Marcius in our new home town
