Got up this morning and headed towards Geisterklamm, a gorge/canyon/mountainous hiking trail where the entrance is only steps away from the border with Austria. Moments after steppping through you cross the invisible boundary into Austria. As with many other things and sounding redundant it was all so beautiful. There is a hiking trail that takes … More The Gorge

So I finally left Munich today, and took the train to the southern border town of Mittenwald. The town is maybe only a mile or less from the border with Austria, but is a beautiful town reminiscent of Swiss chalets, yodeling and annoying Ricola commercials. I didn’t do anything except wander around and get some … More The Deep South

Generally the goal is to go to Oktoberfest a few times (depending on length of stay obviously). And today was my third time, I went back, lederhose and all for more rides and carnival food, just as fun this time, though I didn’t stay as long as it just becomes too expensive. You could run … More Oktoberfest pt. II and The Old Masters

Alter Sudfriedhof Glyptothek Antiken Sammlung München Residenz Münchener Stadt Museum Bier und Oktoberfest Museum Weiße Rose Pavement The title being a combination of all the things I did today. The Alter Sudfriedhof (Old south cemetery) is a massive old cemetery bigger and better than the previous ones, though not as old. Had probaby thousands of … More Alterglyptantikenresidenzstadtbierose

The amazing Munich museum of technology. Spent hours in there after sleeping in a bit. It is a massive compound with so many wings and so many thousands of allllll things technological and siencey. Airplanes, jet engines, rockets, hundreds of musical instruments, cameras and film, computer engineering, space exploration and astronomy, boats, ships and maritime … More Das Detsche Museum

Today was the day, and one of the best days I’ve ever had. Die Wiesn, or Festwiesn as it is called by the locals, is absolutely incredible, the parties, foods, rides and atmosphere. Its origins as the wedding between Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese in October in 1810, unknown to many. Not a lot to … More Oktoberfest!

This will be another short one. Got up nice and early for a guided tour of the concentration camp Dachau. A few facts, it began as a munitions factory after WW1 and fell into disuse use. The Nazis came in 1933 and wanted to use it as a military base, and the mayor of the … More Dachau

Grüß Gott! That is how we Bavarians say good day. Pronounced as grewss goht. The long lost mystery has been solved the ß that isn’t a B is pronounced as an ‘sss’ sound, along with the ü sound being discovered. It means ‘God greets you, or may God greet you’. But then what about ä … More Welcome To Munich