So, Munich. Everyone knows about Munich. It is VERY touristy. The locals HATE tourists (non-Catholic ones especially), though, so don't expect any friendly Germans here...I mean, even less friendly then usual..ha!
We started out, as usual, at another campground. The funny thing about this particular campground is there was a surfing competition going on. Yes, surfing. You can see in one of the pics. http://troesterfamily.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=4975
It was pretty cool to watch. The kids really enjoyed it. It was also pretty funny to see some of the surfers looking, well, like surfers...bleach blonde hair, sometimes dreds...it's weird to see that removed from, say, California!
Anyway, the first thing we did was go to the Munich Zoo. We actually biked there. It started off raining that day and so the first stop at the zoo, the petting area, was incredibly disgusting. The kids didn't really notice, but I sure did!
The zoo was interesting. Especially the pelicans they dyed pink and labeled "flamingos". Yeah. There were also a lot of frisky monkeys. This, of course, proved to be very interesting to Katie. Kai told her they were playing doctor, which I am not sure was the best thing to say...but she just kept going around saying, look, they are playing doctor! I mean it was really really gross. Pretty much monkey porn. Monkeys are just GROSS. They are either doing "that" or fighting.
The zoo is where Ben said his first real sentence, too. Katie wanted to go on a horsey ride and Ben said, "I ride neigh neigh, too, Mommy!". Up until this point it was one or two words here and there...it's funny but Ben's language explosion was in Germany! So, of course we had to let him ride the "neigh neigh"! He LOVED it and said, YEEHAW the whole way around. TOO CUTE!
Oh, it was also in Munich that I discovered "ethnic" cuisine, such as Chinese and Italian is NOT causal fare as it is here. We tried to get Chinese to find it was reservation only and then at the Italian pizza place we ended up at they were VERY formal and none to happy to see people with kids. Apparently in Germany people just don't eat out...and if they do they don't bring the kids. It was a pretty uncomfortable experience...after that we ate at the campground snack bar, which was actually pretty good.
Now, Munich proper. I mean, really, it is nothing special. It is SO touristy you just feel like you are at a theme park. We walked around, but there's not much to do and I had already been there once...pretty much once is all you need to get the gist. There are WAY better places in Germany, I can tell you that...like the town I mentioned in my last post!
And, yes, that is a beer vending machine you see in the last photo!
Monday, March 9, 2009
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