(Remember those times I promised photos? Yep, me too. Most of these were taken by Gail. For chronological orientation, please see this post.)
Our train left from Keleti, Budapest’s Eastern train station. We arrived more than an hour early (sense a pattern?), rail novices that we were.
I boarded with the help of this handy foldout lift. Thanks to ÖBB, the Austrian rail company!
After a 6-hour ride, we arrived at the Munich train station, pictured here. Thus began our 3-day stay!
Fußball makes its first appearance with this ad featuring Schweinsteiger.
The city hall on Marienplatz is a main attraction. My impressions were a bit blighted by the overcast weather.
There were still splashes of color to be found!
On Saturday, we had lunch at the Hofbräuhaus, first founded as royal brewery, and now a major tourist attraction for traditional Bavarian food. The halls were packed with guests merrily singing, eating, and drinking along to live music. We seated ourselves and had to wait quite a while for our food. I don’t think most people mind, since the drinks flow continuously and pretzel baskets circulate.
One of the sights we visited that afternoon was the Frauenkirche.
The next day, we went to visit the Old & New Pinakotheks, two art museums (€1 admission on Sundays!) spanning several centuries of paintings. Check out this old-school speech bubble 🙂
Less than €200 for a full lederhosen outfit? What a bargain!
