033 - fri 02/06/2006 - freiburg/munich

after a short morning walk back around the munster (church - pictured right) we headed for munchen. on the train i started reading 'life of pi'. it was mid-afternoon when we arrived.

our munich hostel was close to the train station, and between the two was some of the best and cheapest pizza in munich (apparently) so we grabbed a bite for lunch. we then wandered towards the centre of town, and made it to the marienplatz in time to see the glockenspiel at 5pm. this is a three- or four-hundred year old mechanical clockwork display on the side of the old town hall building that operates twice a day, always to huge crowds made even huger today because of the impending world cup. tourist numbers were definitely up in munich.

after the glockenspiel we wandered for a while, taking things in. we ended up at the hofbrauhaus, the most famous of the munich bavarian beer halls. hofbrauhaus was beer + sausages + beer + oompah band + rowdy contiki american dudes.

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