Hey, Its our
last night in Munich. I cant believe that weve been here
for three days, although it seems about right. Today we took off first
to the NeuePinakothek Museum. It was great, and we saw many great
paintings. I think my favorites were the Monet paintings. I know I
must have seen dozens of them in Paris but I just cant get enough
of them. The light and the colors are amazing. On top of the great
paintings the Museum was wonderfully designed. It had some really
beautiful spaces that just made you say wow out loud.
When we had seen enough of canvas we went home via the trolley system.
The trolleys here are great. It is a lot of fun and is also reasonably
fast. The best part is when you are in the inner city and are actually
flowing with the traffic. We got off and grabbed some lunch in the
open air market near our apartment. After lunch we went and rented
some bikes from the place that is also the internet cafe that we go
to (its a pretty great place, the people are all laid back and
speak English). We got our bikes and then vaulted onto the streets
of Munich. The cool thing is that there are actually bike sections
of the sidewalk. So we zoomed along on our bike section to the English
gardens (including a beer garden that seats over 7,000 people). We
rode on many paths and found that one of the main attractions was
a river flowing through the park. The river was not just flowing--
it was roaring, almost white water. People would jump in and get swept
away for the time of their lives. We then turned around and headed
back to the bike rental place and turned in our bikes. Then dad and
I went to the apartment and Mom and Margot went to see the giant moving
glockenspiel in the town hall.