Earlier this year, Brandon was invited to speak at the Animago conference in Munich, Germany and talk about his work on the movie Zootopia. So, we decided to make a vacation out of it and spend a week in Germany! We knew we would miss Albert, but he was headed to the Bungalow so we knew he would have fun while we were gone.
We started our journey by boarding our saturday evening flight to Düsseldorf, and nearly a whole day later (thanks to the time zone change) we got off the train from the Munich airport at the u-bahn stop near our hotel.
Albie helped pack all his meals and snacks for his resort stay!
We left home with two half-full suitcases to have plenty of room to bring back gifts. What we forgot to do was leave time to shop for gifts while we were there…
Enjoying some sun in the grass while Brandon loaded all our bags in the car
Al had lots to say on our way to the bungalow
Morning in the air to Munich
On our first “real” day in Munich, we set out on the u-bahn to explore some of the city. we started at Marienplatz just a few stops away and saw the Rathaus (town hall), Victuals Market, and the Munich Dom (cathedral).
Delicious breakfast at Hotel im Hof
Approaching the Rathaus from Marienplatz
The ‘new’ Rathaus (town hall) opened in 1874
Savannah loves the Olympics!
Inside the courtyard of the Rathaus
Stained glass window in the Rathaus depicting Marienplatz
Portraits inside the Rathaus (outside some city employee’s office)
When your shoes (almost) match the tile, you gotta take at least one #fromwhereistand photo.
Up the stairs…
And into the tower!
View from the tower in the Rathaus
“Albert alley” near the Dom
Outside the Rathaus again, headed toward the Dom
The Dom
We stopped for our first schnitzel and beer of the trip at a neat little place called Andechser am Dom (suggested by our friend Whitney’s sister Lindsey, who lives in Germany) and then proceeded on to the Munich Residenz – the former royal palace of Bavarian monarchs and the largest city palace in Germany! Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take any pictures inside, but believe us that it was just as grand as it sounds. The Hofgarten behind the Residenz was lovely as well and provided a small preview and gateway into the Englischer Garten.
Hofgarten behind the Munich Residenz
Doggie in the garden!
After the Residenz, we headed over to the Englischer Garten to enjoy some green space and watch the sun set. We spent hours there and barely even scratched the surface of this huge park that spans over 900 acres – even larger than Central Park in New York!
Love all the green space!
Under the Monopteros
Inspecting the map to see just how little of the garden we’ve explored!
Biergarten in the garden, of course
Outside the Chinesicher Turm
Augustiner bier by the liter!