Day 4 and we are in our third hotel. Butch is tiring from the fast pace of vacationing with me.
Our more thing from the Grand Hotel Pupp, they have brass plaques in the front driveway marking the visit of someone famous.
The hotel dates to the early 1700s so some of the dates are quite old. I think the towels are at least 100 yrs old themselves.
We had no problems driving to Munich. It took us about 3 hours. Butch enjoyed driving on the Autobahn. It was weird zipping along at 100 mph. We used both Google Maps and the GPS unit from Hertz. Neither one is perfect although you won't be surprised that we slightly prefer Google Maps. Here's our ride for the week
On the way, we stopped at the concentration camp memorial in Dachau. It was not on my original plan but Butch wanted to go. His father fought here and he wanted to see it for himself. It is a very creepy and disturbing place. We only made it through half of the museum and could not take it anymore. We took no pictures. Pictures do not seem appropriate.
After checking into the hotel, we took an afternoon walking tour of Munich. We followed the tour in the Rick Steves book. Our favorite thing was Alois Dallmayr, the grocery store to the kings. We also visited the famous Hofbräuhaus beer hall.
When in Rome and all
This is the church where the erstwhile Pope Benedict was the archbishop before going to Rome. It is being renovated.
Like Prague, Munich is a great walking city but there are many more places to eat and drink in Munich.
Our more thing from the Grand Hotel Pupp, they have brass plaques in the front driveway marking the visit of someone famous.
The hotel dates to the early 1700s so some of the dates are quite old. I think the towels are at least 100 yrs old themselves.
We had no problems driving to Munich. It took us about 3 hours. Butch enjoyed driving on the Autobahn. It was weird zipping along at 100 mph. We used both Google Maps and the GPS unit from Hertz. Neither one is perfect although you won't be surprised that we slightly prefer Google Maps. Here's our ride for the week
On the way, we stopped at the concentration camp memorial in Dachau. It was not on my original plan but Butch wanted to go. His father fought here and he wanted to see it for himself. It is a very creepy and disturbing place. We only made it through half of the museum and could not take it anymore. We took no pictures. Pictures do not seem appropriate.
After checking into the hotel, we took an afternoon walking tour of Munich. We followed the tour in the Rick Steves book. Our favorite thing was Alois Dallmayr, the grocery store to the kings. We also visited the famous Hofbräuhaus beer hall.
When in Rome and all
This is the church where the erstwhile Pope Benedict was the archbishop before going to Rome. It is being renovated.
No Four Seasons in Munich so we are staying at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski. It is a hotel always mentioned in The Conde Nast Gold List. The hotel is on the Fifth Avenue of Munich; Chanel and Dior are directly across the street.
Like Prague, Munich is a great walking city but there are many more places to eat and drink in Munich.
Tomorrow, we are driving just south of here to see the fairy tale castles.
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