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Munich, a lovely relaxing place

Friday, July 24th, 2009

As soon as we entered the reception area of hotel monaco we we’re greeted by the lovely Christine. She was so friendly, answered all of our questions and then showed us to our room. The room we reserved was a double with a shared bathroom. Surprisingly the room was larger than I had expected and it was also at the back of the building like we had requested as my husband and I are light sleepers. Simple, clean and quiet, the room ticked all the boxes for us, and the price was fantastic too.The hotel has a homely feel to it and I just love all the picture frames on the wall next to the stairs! The breakfast is amazing, there’s so much on offer and it’s all served in  bright and airy room filled with flower’s.

Munich is an amazing place to visit. My husband and I travelled all round town and saw the main square with the old and new town halls. We walked around the delicious Vitualienmarkt market with all it’s fantasic colours and smells. Here we stopped for lunch and a beer in the garden which is covered by many old oak tree’s. It’s a lovely place to take a break from all the sight seeing. After this we took the train to the English Garden. It was 30 degrees so walking by the river that runs through the park was just perfect, so cool and shady on a hot day! To end the day we headed for the famous beer hall the Hofbrauhaus. It was rather packed inside but the atmosphere was great. We really enjoyed the band which ws playing so we took a drink before heading back to the hotel.

All in all Munich was a lovely relaxing place to visit. We look forward to returning again!

Thanks Christine.
Sandra and Sam.

Munich and the Hofbraeuhaus

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

My last day in Munchen.
Tody, I will do my last tour in Munchen. The temperature is good in June and the sun is in the rendez-vous. I will come back to a nice place called Hofbraouhaus (not far from the city hall), a typical bavarian brasserie for drinking good beers. I advice you to order 1/2 liter instead of one litre. If you feel strong to drink one litre, it is better to order two glasses of half litres instead of one in order to drink the second one in  good temperture. I really enjoyed Hofbraaouhaus because you can also order good food with reasonnable price: the brasserie is a little bit noisy, but it seems that this is the way of drinking beers here.

In terms of hotel with reasonable prices and good services and breakfasts, I advice you hotel Monaco near the central station. The room is clean and the reception is kind, You should share the toilets and bathroom. But they have also rooms with private shower and toilette inside the rooms.

In Munchen, some men still wear traditional bavarian clothes: bermudas, hat with feathers, leather pants etc.  Some old men hair their moustche in a special funny way. The first day, I thought that this was an advertisement for stupid tourists like me. But after a while, I understood that these men are not actors, but real men living in Munchen since generations. They are proud men.

Many italin restaurants and ice cream shops are located in Munchen. While it is good to take italian ice cream (because german ones are not as good), I advice you to go to bavarian brasseries for eating. You would be a real stupid tourist like me if you visit Munchen and you go to eat a pizza or attend hard rock cafe: go to drink a good beer and eat german food.

Walking inside the city is pleasant: old buildings and modern building a set up with harmony. The architecture of old buildings is somehow like in Netherland. In some old building, I felt that dragons may go out purshased with wishes and knights.

German people are really disciplined (trust me, it is like what you think), I enjoyed their discipline. However, during night, numerous cafe broadcats football and german men drink beer in front of the game. Football seems important in gemany.

From Munchen, the city.