Sunday morning we met Gordon at the Marienplatz and found the place hopping! It turns out that this weekend was the celebration of Munich's 852 birthday!! Lot's of stalls were erected. All sorts of vendors and such.
Gordon recommended this kind of pizza bread like thing which was baked in free standing ovens at the stands. We also enjoyed some potato chip like snacks which are cooked while you wait. They are thick and kind of crispy and chewy at the same time. We eventually had to wash these snacks down with some brew and strudel. I was trying to get as much pastry as I could before I had to go.
Shelly found a guy who made jewelry out of coins. For us, he took a California Quarter, then drilled, cut and filed out the design, then polished it all. It came out real nice.
Gordon beside a tiny BMW!
There was an exhibit of old cars, including one of those tiny old BMW's that open from the front. I got Gordon to pose next to it, I don't think he could actually fit in it!
Time to catch a bus to the west side of town and hit Nymphenburg. This was a huge place, with formal gardens and pools and fountains. Next to it are the botanical gardens, which were the real reason we went there.
Schloss Nymphenburg.
Alpen section of the gardens.
Dinner tonight was provided by Gordon. He has been learning Chinese cooking from one of his friends who actually is Chinese. We took the U-bahn back to Gordon's dorm. He was preparing Chinese spaghetti for us which was pretty good. While he was cooking, Shelly and I went to the one place you can buy groceries on a Sunday night - a gas station! We picked up a variety of beer and some cookies.
After dinner, Shelly and I threaded our way through the maze of the U-bahn system back to the hotel.
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