Munich

The beautiful city of Munich was our next stop. Did you know Munich's name comes from the German word, Munchen, which means "little monk". There was a monastery bordering the orginal settlement.

We squeezed so much in the day and a half we were there. We stayed in a nice motel on the outskirts of town and walked to an Italian Gelato place for dessert the first night. The area around the town reminded us of the Grandin Village in Roanoke. The next morning, we were able to take a bus trip through downtown Munich and to see Ludwig II's famous Summer Palace as well as many other famous structures such as the Opera House and the copper domes of Frauenkirche. We ended up in the Marienplatz, which is a city square dating back to Medieval times and saw the Glockenspiel chime 11 am! Pictures of various places we visited are below! Munich, like Prague and Berlin, probably warrants a 10-14 day trip of its own!