12/13/19-12/15/19 Munich Germany

Quick trip to the Rhodes airport, €130 later we have checked bags for Munich, man those cheap flights add up fast 😳 Short 50 minute flight to Athens with a four hour layover. Fun people watching in Athens airport.

Two and a half hour flight to Munich, we were hoping to grab our bags and get a quick exit. No such luck. Our bags are delayed 40 minutes. So much for German efficiency😳

Munich has a fantastic regional train, subway, tram and bus system, one of the best in the world. So we buy our pass and hit the S line to Hauptbahnhof (main train/subway/ regional train center. We are staying in the Giesing area of Munich in a “cozy” Airbnb. Clean, basic and close by transportation.

Our location is circled on the map of the subway lines. We love the transit system here, clean, efficient and safe👍

Ok, that night, late arrival for us, 20:00, we check in and hit the local Bavarian restaurant

Everything is decorated for Christmas, beautiful

Ok, bright and early, where are we? Bavaria, Munich, home to some of the best bakery’s in the world ✔️ breakfast?

Then on to the U bahn (underground subway) into the Marienplatz, home of the main tourist center of Munich

The city is decked out for Christmas. Christmas markets in the streets, beautiful! Even the train station is decorated

Ok, dinner at our new favorite German restaurant, Schinken Peter, delicious. (Yes, that’s their menu!)

They have a lovely beer garden out front, but it’s 45 and windy, a little too cold for beer outside at night😳

Ok, next day walking tour. Hard to get good pictures as it’s Sunday, nice weather and almost Christmas, (crowds are crazy) so we stop by at one of our favorite beer gardens, Augustiner Keller, where the beer garden is turned into an outdoor Curling rink for the winter

Yes, it’s cool here, I had to wear jeans😒 Tomorrow, a quick trip to Salzburg on the train for three nights, for Christmas market visiting and maybe our favorite beer hall?!😎

Then back to Munich for 2 1/2 weeks through the New Years. We love Bavaria and Munich!

If it looks like all we do here is eat and drink beer, well that’s true, but we do walk a lot, 27 miles in three days✔️

Wiedersehen from Bavaria 👍😎🍺