Rather than taking a day trip somewhere this weekend, I just decided to spend the day hitting some of the more popular spots in Munich. Winston was a trooper and walked with me the entire way. I bet we walked nearly 10 miles (which is quite the feat for the "not so little guy").We started in Olympia Park, which is where the 1972 Summer Olympics were held. Munich is now trying to get the winter games in 2018, and would be the first city to hold both a summer and winter olympics.
Here's the Olympic Pool where Mark Spitz won his 7 golds (the 2nd picture is the outside of the building). It is now a public swimming pool.
This is Olympic Stadium (track and field, opening ceremony, etc).
Next to Olympia Park is the BMW headquarters.
Then we went to Marienplatz, which is the city center and has most of the sites you see on Munich postcards. This is the Neues Rathaus (New Townhall) and has a giant cuckoo clock that works (2nd picture).
This is the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), which was built in about 1450 and completely destroyed in WWII, but was rebuilt using the old design.
Theatinerkirche (fancy name for St. Cajetan's church) built around 1650 as a gift from the ruler of Bavaria at the time to his newborn son.
A statue of King Ludwig, who was one of the most popular Bavarian Kings. And whose namesake is now always in my refrigerator...the best dark beer I've ever had (König Ludwig Dunkel) - and Tim will back me up on this one!
