'a 5 hour tour.' -l.norton

beautiful church? cathedral? building?
in munich's unofficial shopping district. just happy that the sun was out!

*explanation of title: when we started planning out personal walking tour, norton made fun of how long it would take and said 'a 5 hour tour' to the tune of gilligans island. i guess you kind of had to be there- but cydney was still in bed an unable to provide an interesting title.

today started out with another breakfast at the hostel and then switching to a dorm room at the hostel to save money because we decided to stay an extra night (so cyd would have time to rest up for our train trip tomorrow morning). After getting her situated I headed out to another snowy day in munich with the laurens. We mapped out a walking 'tour' and then we were off for the longest walk of my entire LIFE. We walked through the shopping district again in hopes of finding a pair of earmuffs with no luck.

a frozen fountain!

later we ended up wandering around the virtualien-market and admiring the produce and the prepared food.

this cool little shop in the market sold wine made out of honey (yes, the honey that bees make). I havent had the chance to try it yet. Ill let you know the verdict).

the open air food market was wonderful. Fresh and amazing food EVERYWHERE. This olive bar looks sooooo good!

We stopped for lunch and I ate my packed salami sandwich (thank you hostel for the all you can eat breakfast so I can pack my lunch) and got a glass of my favorite new drink. ADELHOLZENER(the 'watered' apple juice). The laurens and I decided to sample a dish. It was a grilled german sausage covered in a ketchup and curry. It sounds very strange but I loved it. Surprisingly curry and ketchup went well together.

this sculpture was on some random side street – it reminded me of 'the nest' at the bejing olympics.

eventually we made it to the museum - Residenz. it was very tricky trying to enter, with multiple entrances to gardens, schools, and other places we shouldn't have gone (whoops!) we finally were able to purchase our ticket and walk through the palace turned museum. Housing royal bavarian families until around WWII, the museum had a lot of history. Some of the palace was preserved from the original installation (1530's I believe).

original palace decor! whoa....

this amazing part of the palace is decorated completely in shells!
this picture demonstrates the intricate detail.

leaving the museum we all wanted to invest in some german 'gummys,' and with our departure day quickly creeping ahead we finally managed to find an undergronud candy store! and i almost managed to get kicked out of the candy store. apparently this chocolate is really special? or a top secret perhaps?

little hedgehog chocolates! so cute.

after a lengthy walk (I think I climbed close to 20 flights of stairs in that one museum alome) we were all exhausted and headed to the 'ale house.' that excursion was interesting. The locals are not a fan of my constant request for mustard, they have been rude when I politely ask for it. Wish I would have taken a picture of the interiors! My last dinner in germany consisted of the world's largest pretzel and a glass of the house beer.

took my picture too early (because i didn't have my beer yet).
great pretzel. even better when i finally helped myself to the mustard.

outside the ale house, Hofbrauhaus.
im sure this courtyard would be beautiful in the summer!