Munich! We are starting our visit to the city at the 1972 Olympic Park. We have come full circle in the last 8 weeks on our Tour of the Alps: Anger and Almbach – Germany – Alps 1This is where it happened: Remember the swimmer who won seven gold medals here, each setting world-record times?Interesting glass roofs were ahead of their time in 1972.The clouds made the tower look a bit surreal – like it was a spaceship landing.The day cleared up nicely for a picnic lunch enjoying the Olympic Park.BMW Welt is in the same area and was fun to visit as well as tour the BMW museum.There is lots of BMW to turn your head here – classics to Mini’s to Rolls Royce to cars of the future.Elvis’s US Army tour had him serving in Germany in 1958, where he bought this little sports car for his R&R . Rediscovered in 2008, it was meticulously restored and has been featured here for the last 10 years. You can sing “Return to Sender” while it sparkles in the lights.BMW Isetta from 1958, could have been a more practical option. The front is the door and it seats two.The advertising for the car all had people stretching thru the sun roofs. Oh what fun!In the center of Munich is Marienplatz with the eye catching Neues Rathaus (City Hall).The Rathaus-Glockenspiel is a large mechanical clock. There are lots of people in the square but the clock only performs twice a day.Munich was pretty much completely rebuilt after WWII in the traditional style.The Ägyptische Museum (Egyptian) is an amazing collection, organized to give us greater appreciation of the type of art being showcased.No trip to Munich in October is possibly complete without a stop at a beer garden. After a wander through the English Gardens, we thought we should enjoy this fabulous ambiance from the Seeshaus with some Bavarian Paulaner! Prost –
