Crazy River Surfers on the Isar River in München

One of the greatest ‘unofficial’ attractions in München, according to Sebastian!

Enjoy

German Fugue: München, August 23rd to 26th, 2008.

Monday morning.
Grey sky, cold cold weather.
Long sweat pants, a huge sweater, a blanket: I am sitting in front of my Mac thinking how stupid I am.

I was supposed to be in Dachau, right now. I planned this whole damn trip to visit Dachau, a concentration camp that I wanted to see for my master Thesis. I forgot just one, essential detail: Dachau is closed on Monday.

So I left Verona on Saturday at 6 am (after a great night out at Mascara – I came home at 4.30 am after dancing a lot), slept in the train for 6 hours, suffered the intense cold on Saturday in München – rainy with 12 degrees C -, and visited around the city on Sunday all for… nothing.

I am extremely pissed at myself.
A solution has already been found, of course, I don’t like to give up. I am staying another day – I will leave here on Wednesday instead of Tuesday -, but that means it will cost me money. 65 euro, which right now is a lot of money.

Again, I am pissed, mostly because I put fun before duty.

This being said, Sunday was enjoyable. München is a great city, somptuous and proud. I like the tall, huge buildings, the wide streets and the cleanness. Moreover, a supreme order and reliability reign here with trains, buses and subways always on time, the food is good and the beer is great. In addition to all that, people are usually nice though not very talkative. People from Bavaria are happy to live here, extremely proud of their origins and don’t really like tourists: but if you are nice and well mannered, they will accept you in no time.

What hit me the most in this short trip, after Spain, was the cold, cold, damn cold weather.
It felt like winter already and I didn’t particularly like it. However, I could live in this city too: it is big though accessible, enjoyable on sunny days and perfectly organized with tram, bus, subway and train public service.

I loved Olympia Park and Marien Platz, as always when I come here. Also, I really appreciate the tradition of the Biergartens and the great food that one can eat there, along with the wonderful beer.

München made me want to see Berlin, which could be a good place to go next summer.
A special thanks to Sebastian, who is letting me stay at his place, showing me around the town and is a great conversation partner overall

One more day here, and tomorrow – hopefully – Dachau.