Munich - Hop on Hop Off bus

Monday 9th
Well the day started off really sunny and I thought what a great day for the hop on hop off bus. Most of the central things we had already discovered walking around on Sunday. But it was good to have a commentary and explanation of some of the sites. Craig had his heart set on getting off at Olympic park and visiting the BMW museum only to find that it is closed on Mondays!
From the bus we saw these people all out on a frozen canal playing a game like “curling”. A bit scary for me because just up the road the lake wasn’t even frozen!! We continued on and went to some great open air markets which were within walking distance of our hotel, but we hadn’t come across yet. Just as we were having lunch it started to snow again. Craig was having a beer at an open air table and the weather just changed so quickly.
The glockenspiel in this church is amazing. It plays at 12 and 1pm and the life size figures dance around and it is a main tourist attraction of Munich Originally we were going to Stuttgart tomorrow, but there is a convention in town and all the hotels are either booked out or about €250 per night. So we have decided to stay another night here in Munich, but we are going to give a different hotel a go. And maybe catch a bus out to the BMW museum
Then on Wednesday we are leaving Munich early, visiting the Mercedes Benz factory in Stuttgart and then travelling on to Cologne. We won’t get there until about 7pm, but it gives us all the next day in Cologne, before Craig goes to the Ford plant on Friday. Finally starting to feel at home and comfortable in this different country.