Sept. 21, 2018
We arrived by train to Munich. A man named Dieter sat next to Rick on the train and he offered to help us get train tickets to our hotel so we didn’t have to pay for taxi. Then a second man named France helped us with our train transfer. Another gentleman helped direct us to the hotel from the last station. I hope we are as helpful to strangers as these men were to us.
Sept. 22, 2018
We took a tour of the 1972 Summer Olympic Stadium. The large green mounds surrounding the stadium were made from the bombing remains of WWII. The rubble was all taken to this one large area. So they began removing the remains and stacked them up to make these beautiful green hills.
The tent like roof of the stadium was the first of it’s kind for that time. It was made of plexi -glass and was made to symbolize openness with it being transparent. The roof covered the main grandstand of the stadium but also extended to the Olympic Hall, the Olympic Pool and the pathways connecting the buildings.
The Olympic Village for the athletes looked huge from our view. Our guide pointed out the apartments in the village that was the site of the “Munich massacre”. A Palestinian terrorist group took 11 Israeli team members hostage and killed them.
We came back later to the same stadium and we all put harnesses on and walked along the top of the roof and then rappelled down from the roof. Then kicked a soccer ball around on the field. It was more like slowing lowering ourselves without flipping over backwards than rappelling but that is what they advertised and it was different.
Sept. 23, 2018
Ahh, Oktoberfest. The day Rick had been waiting for has finally arrived. We are here on day 2 of festivities and began by watching a large parade. We make our way to our beer tent, which was no tent at all. All the beer tents were actually huge buildings that were unbelievably decorated on the outside and the inside. We had no idea of what to expect and were just blown away by the sheer size of it all. So we settled in and ordered our first beer and it was delivered in a gigantic mug. The other occupants of the table, were all wearing their German Dirndl dresses and Lederhosen. Needless to say we enjoyed the pretzels and the beer. Cheers!
Sept. 24, 2018
We walked to a nearby square and admired the fabulous architecture and some souvenir shopping. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch the name of the square or the buildings. However, the intricate artwork was stunning.
No Ordinary Trip 