Epic European Adventure, Volume 4

Ahhh…..Germany!

I really loved this place. After all of the previously posted adventures Hugh and I spent two days relaxing and having a good time. We enjoyed the bike tour so much that we decided to rent bikes from the same business and take a little tour of Munich on our own. We knew we wanted to go to the BMW Museum and if we had time, we wanted to take a gander at the Olympic Park. While some people might have taken a train, taxi or rented a car; Hugh and I decided that we would bike it.

Great decision!

We ended up biking around 20 miles or more, but it was fun. We got to see areas of Munich that we wouldn’t have gotten to see otherwise. We saw the BMW Museum where Hugh proceeded to take tons of pictures of cars. We rode through the Olympic Park and even took a bathroom break at the hockey center (it was open….we had to pee, it was a win-win!). On our way back we stopped a nice biergarten that was connected to its own brewery. We had a nice beer in the beautiful weather and it started to rain. We biked back the rest of the way in the rain, but we were prepared with our rain gear!

We spent a good amount of time at the Oktoberfest grounds. They were located within 300 feet of our hotel and there’s a walking path all the way around it. People walk, jog, and bring their dogs to play. There’s no leash law in Germany so dogs are everywhere! The great thing is that they’re all very well behaved. We sat on a park bench where we read and relaxed for a few hours. It was very relaxing and we enjoyed it immensely.

One random bit of information: At one point during our ride (near Maximilian University) we stopped to check the map. We were right next to a bar called Strand that was actually a beach. They had beach chairs and a little shack snack bar and the entire ground was covered in sand! It was crazy looking so we had to take a picture.

We left Germany and headed to Scotland. Hugh and I thoroughly enjoyed this section of our trip and I’d love to go back. 

 This is the bike I sat on. I'd be lying if I tried to tell you what the name of it was.

 Here's Hugh on the one he liked.

 This pod thing drove around all over the BMW building. I never really could figure out what its purpose was other than confusing people.

 I'm sharing this because it's SUPER TINY.

 Cool old car.

 BMW Factory and Offices

 The Lowenbrau brewery garden. After we'd ridden a good 18 miles but before the rain!

 Hugh got to keep his stein. :)

 This was in a really upscale department store. I had to take a picture for my brother. It's a lego Darth Vader.

 Oktoberfest Grounds

 Walking path round the Oktoberfest Grounds. I loved all the trees.

 Hugh got a new fixed 50mm lens for the trip. This was some lens practice....

 This was my practice with the lens. Rule of thirds, anyone??

 We saw this from the bench we were sitting on. It's a dog that's as large as a horse and to the left you can see the small little toy pomeranian-esque dog. They were hilarious to watch. The big dog would chase the little one and the little one would bite the bigger one. Talk about David and Goliath.

 These are the pictures of the bar called Strand. They aren't a close as we'd have liked, but typically people aren't all that excited about having their photo taken while they're trying to have their lunchtime beer.

I know it's hard to see, but if you click on the picture you'll realize that these people are a bit dressy for a beach day. I think it's a great idea!

Up Next: SCOTLAND!!!