Munich Part Zwei

Today was a truly magnificent day. We started off with an included breakfast at the Hostel, including bread with various spreads, breakfast meats, cereals, fruit, yogurt, and several drink options. After getting our fill of the food we headed out of the Hostel at 9:30, and we proceeded onto München for the day.  At first we stayed together as a group, and Frau Fraser took us around the city, showing us everything any true traveler has got to see in Munich. We got off at the Haupt Bahnhof (the main train station) and made our way over to Marienplatz. Marienplatz is chalk full of notable sights, such as the Frauenkirche (different than the one we saw in Leipzig, but still very notable), a Viktualienmarkt (which is an outdoor farmers market type place), and a Jewish Synagoge/ Museum. From there were made our way over to the Rathaus, which had an awesome Glockenspiel show at 11:00 am. The building itself is quite stunning, much nicer than any town hall in Northbrook or Glenview. The show started off with a series of bells ringing, and then a minute or two later these figurines in the center of the building started to move around. The figurines were pretty cool, with things such as jousting men. From there we strolled over to the Odeanplatz, where we saw an old residential hall. This was a place where the past emperors and rulers lived, with their own church and garden included. Here, in the garden, we ended our group part of the tour and we had from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm to do as we pleased. There were a couple of different cool things to hit up, including the English Garden. A lot of us went over there to stroll about the garden, where we saw these Germans who surf on the river (which was so cool) as well as a Chinese Tower in the middle of the Garden. Some people took a tram over to the Bayern Munich football Stadium, which they said was awesome. Some other notable sites were the University, and the various sites that we saw earlier as a part of our class tour. It was a beautiful day throughout with clear skies, and some lovely 80-degree weather. At 4:00 we headed back to the Hostel, and then we got ready for our night! - Josh

Glockenspiel

surfer

After the two hour break we went to the Olympic stadium for a tour.  It's absolutely stunning and the tour was great. We got to see a film about the history of the stadium, sit in some of the seats, see the locker rooms, and go out onto the field.  The field was set up for a formula one race, but that didn't stop some of us from taking a  little victory lap.  After that we went back to the festival and split up for dinner.  Overall I have to say it was a good day.  - Brian

normal group

olympic poses