{"id":1970,"date":"2023-10-07T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T16:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2025-02-05T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:31:11","slug":"coming-soon-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/07\/coming-soon-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Munich, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" width=\"232\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_2641-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><figcaption>New Town Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What can I say?&nbsp; Munich is Munich.&nbsp; A great city with a lot of beer halls, a famous festival, and the dirndl.&nbsp; The Bavarian dialect is quite strong, so good luck with your high school German.&nbsp; Oh, they can understand your Hoch Deutsch, but there\u2019s a good chance you won\u2019t understand them.&nbsp; I find it easiest to stick with \u2018Hallo\u2019, and \u2018Bier, bitte.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per usual, I arrived after Oktoberfest.&nbsp; They still had plenty of their special Oktoberfest beer, but without the crowds, and cheaper rooms.&nbsp; I stayed near the Ostbahnhof (east train station) because there is a direct line from\/to the airport.&nbsp; The Munich airport is one of the few airports that has transit right at the terminal.&nbsp; It worked out sehr gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-654x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1979\" width=\"259\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-768x1203.jpg 768w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-980x1536.jpg 980w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-1307x2048.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-scaled.jpg 1634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption>Outdoor Climbing Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I met a Wolpertinger, a distant relative of the jackalope.\u00a0 It is cool and scary, at the same time.\u00a0 I had some schnitzel with beer, some beer with ribs\u2014saw a man wearing lederhosen\u2014and some beer with beer.\u00a0 Can\u2019t say much about the nightlife as I was in bed by 9:30 every night.\u00a0 I know, party on Garth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good thing about early to bed, is fresh pastries in the morning.  Pre-dawn, the bakeries are the only business that are open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1983\" width=\"440\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/downhilltravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-2048x1347.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption>Morning Line at the Bakery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be time for a long nap.&nbsp; See you the USA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can I say?&nbsp; Munich is Munich.&nbsp; 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