European Tour: Munich to the Danube

Yesterday’s post was somewhat misleadingly entitled Berlin to Munich but did not say a whole lot about Munich. We only had 4 days in Berlin before the four of us headed to the railway station and caught the express to Munich - it was in fact on the same line as the train I had taken from Hamburg to Berlin to join the family. 

Our time in Munich was even shorter but A and I managed to fit in a bike ride around the City starting in Marienplatz and ending up in the Englischer Garten where we watched the surfers taking on the rapids. I had previously visited Munich interrailing as a teenager many moons ago and marginally more recently to watch Nottingham Forest play Bayern Munich in the European Cup (so still in the 1990s….!) but the main reason we were there was to pick up our boat for a cruise along the Danube (in fact the port was a couple of hours drive out of Munich but it was the closest City).

As the pictures show, in addition to the pagoda and surfing there was plenty for us to see and do around Marienplatz including a visit to Munich Cathedral and Dinner at a fabulously gothic restaurant in the Rathaus.

Our time in Munich came to an end all too quickly as we had to get to the boat before its 5pm departure so after an early lunch we headed to Vilshofen to commence our Danube Cruise. This was our first family holiday on water and this one got off to a great start as we floated past the German countryside in the late afternoon sunshine/early evening moonlight.