Monday...it must be Munich.

My journey to Munich was fabulous. It started with a seamless trip on a DB ICE train from Frankfurt airport direct to Munich Hauptbahnhof. The journey was littered with pretty little towns each one dominated by an ornate Church with a ridiculously high steeple. It took me back to my Year 9 English Lit novel by William Golding The Spire. I understand the concept of towns with competing Churches now (sorry I did not get it in Year 9 Mrs Townsend).

However, on the arrival into Munich my seamless start quickly became unstitched as I was confronted by a town that was basically shut. As my cold had well and truly kicked in all I wanted was a Chemist or Supermarket to get some Aspirin. But this was too much to ask. Cue the snow. OK - back to the hotel for me where I then spent a night sweating out a feverish cold with hallucinatory dreams of me co-orindating a birthday concert for Beyonce including a 400 strong schyncronization of Single Ladies (thanks Glee). Not so much fun.






Undetered by the previous afternoon and evening I arose on Monday morning determine to shake the best out of Munich...and off I went at 8:30am ready to conquer the Bavarian capital. Mmmm - nothing opens until 10am. DOH! So to Coffee Fellows I go and bide my time until Munich decides to open.


And when it did well, you could not stop me. Marienplatz (tick), Odeonsplatz (tick), Frauenkirche (tick), Theatinerkirche (tick), English Gardens (tick), Surfer at the English Garden (tick -with bonus point), Hofbrauhaus (tick), Schloss Nymphenburg (tick), Viktualienmarkt (tick). Tick, tick, tick!




Top 5 Lessons if visiting Munich.


1. Don't expect ANYTHING to be open on a Sunday

...particularly a chemist (when you really, really need Nurofen as you have a killer cold).


2. Kaffee "to go"

...it's not take-away, take-out it's ALWAYS "to go".

3. Learn German

...then you know when people are being a bitch about you and you can turn around and retort to them - yes, I'm talking about you - the Lady on Tram 17 to Schloss Nymphenburg - I know what you called me.


4. Schloss Nymphenburg closes at 4pm on a Monday

...don't expect to get in if you arrive at 3:45pm. Doh!

5. Reserve a seat on the DB

..it's worth the extra 2 Euro - a family of four stood for the entire 3+ hour trip.


Eurovision status: Pretty all girl group that play a variety of traditional instruments. Costume change at 1 minute 43. Qualifies for final. Finishes outside the Top 20.

Next Stop: Ljubljana, Slovenia.