Munich was a fun stopping point from Fuessen on our way to Prague. Pablo had been there before and we really didn’t have anything on our list as must-see’s, just walked around the city a bit. The metro tickets in Munich were pricy! We arrived on a Saturday night and weren’t leaving until lunch time the next day so we had a bit of time to explore. We headed to Marienplatz first to check out the Glockenspiel. Unfortunately we weren’t able to be there when it chimed but the building was large and impressive. There were a lot of people milling about and we went in search of some street food. We had to walk a few streets away to find some options but it wasn’t too difficult. Pablo had told me about Spaghetti Eis and it was my mission to find it! Ice cream that looks like pasta? Yes please! It was fun, vanilla soft serve that looked like spaghetti, strawberry sauce on top and white chocolate shavings to look like parmesan cheese. Pablo got yet another kebab 🙂
We sat on a bench in a park doing some people watching for a while and decided to call it an early evening overall due to our lack of sleep the night before. The next morning we headed to Königsplatz where the Nazis used to hold rallies in Munich. We had stopped to grab some bread, cheese and fruit and enjoyed a nice brunch on a bench on one of the greens. There were couples walking by and playing with their dogs and it was a nice relaxing morning.
There were also some strange art sculptures made out of colored plastic straws. We’re not really sure what they were there for, but they looked neat! After hanging out in the square for a bit we headed back to the train station to head to Prague. The Munich train station is awesome with lots of food options. We had some Chinese food for lunch here, something we had both been craving the whole trip! We also had some delicious puffy round donut type things rolled in sugar! I’m not sure what they were called but they were awesome.
Then panic set in as we learned that the bus we were catching to Prague was not in fact located at the train station, or anywhere near it! When we purchased our tickets, we found the bus was cheaper than a train reservation and would get us to Prague quicker as well. In hindsight, I think we would’ve been fine without a reservation on the train and just depending on our Eurail Pass. But we were still recovering from the hours we had spent standing/on the floor on Friday so we didn’t want to take the chance. The ticket salesman made it sound like the buses were really close to the train station but this was definitely NOT the case. It took us 20 minutes to get there walking really fast and running at the end! We barely made our bus but thankfully were the last ones to board and made it safe and sound. It was a double decker bus and we had picked seats for the top which seemed fun! But it was a lot smaller than I was expecting so if you’re claustrophic I would recommend the bottom floor. I also don’t know whether they had a bathroom on board or not. We were told they did but I didn’t see one anywhere and didn’t feel like going around downstairs to find it. It was only around 5 hours so it was ok.
We couldn’t wait to meet Tom at the train station in Prague!
Maps of Munich and the metro:
Fire Round the World 