We started this day by attending church at Theatiner Church. It was a High Latin Mass in a German church: we understood next to nothing. When we exited the church the rest of the group was there sitting in the sun, enjoying coffee and watching people; specifically watching the beer/bicycle tour. None of us had never seen anything like it!! It is one unit with many bicycle seats, a keg of beer, one driver and marching band music. I wish I had a good picture of it as I'm sure I haven't adequately described it, but you'll have to imagine it or wait for pictures from Denis, Cindy or John.
The sun was shining brightly, so we decided to walk the English garden. Right inside the park walls, we found people surfing! Yes, surfing! Novices are not allowed here and I can see why. Some can surf the wave longer than others, but they were all skilled. It was cold this day...I don't know how they stood it.
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Japanese Tea House
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Chinese tower with the band playing on the second floor.
Mark Spitz won lots of gold right here!
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Next we moved on to the Japanese tea house and the 17th century Chinese tower. The city's oldest beer garten is located beside the Chinese tower, so we stopped for a bite to eat, a beer and music by the band situated inside the tower.
The park was beautiful, but somewhat dangerous: bike riders are everywhere and there are a lot of people. You've got to stay mindful or you may get run over!
We jumped on the subway and headed towards the site of the 1972 olympics here in Munich where Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals and terrorists killed the entire Israeli olympic team. When I saw the olympic village, I remembered seeing pictures of the terrorists standing on the balcony.
We rode the elevator of the TV Tower and saw an outstanding view of the complex.
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The Olympic Stadium of 1972
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