Saturday was a beautiful day so we went to the English Garden (Englischer Garten-- it's basically the same in German), which is this beautiful park in the middle of Munich. We walked probably ~8 miles throughout the day, enjoyed the weather, and capped off our day with some delicious food at-- you guessed it-- the Marienplatz.
There are a few permanent waves along the Isar, which runs through the garden. Surfers take advantage of these waves even though the sign here says "Danger to life" and "Surfing forbidden."
I ordered the Wiener Schnitzel. I think this portion could serve a family of 4. It also came with a side salad. It only took me 2 sittings to finish and it made for scrumptious leftovers.
Sunday brought more adventures and more walking as we headed to Lake Starnberg (Starnberger See). Valerie and I really wanted to water-ski, but by the time we actually found the water-ski dock it was starting to look stormy and we opted out of getting in the ~60 degree water. Instead, we walked around the lake, took pictures and enjoyed some really excellent gelato in the town of Starnberg. We also found a castle-- or Schloss Possenhofen, I should say. Unfortunately, the gates weren't open, so I was unable to get a good picture, but here is a picture of the Palace I found on Google and here is a picture of Kaiserin Elisabeth who loved the castle and to whom an entire Museum in the town of Possenhofen is devoted to.
The (somewhat crooked) picture really doesn't do it justice, but if you look closely you can see the Alps in the distance. We're hoping to head to see Schloss Neuschwanstein sometime soon, so I'll get some actual pictures of the Alps whenever that happens.
It no longer appears to be raining! So I'm going to wrap this up with my updates to my beer and Lederhosen totals.
Totals:
Beer: 4 (+1 Paulaner Original-- also delicious)
Lederhosen: 11 (+1 at the Hauptbahnhof from this weekend)
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