Heading home today

It's raining today, so we were lucky to have beautiful sunshine yesterday for our visit to the Old Town part of Munich.  We've had very good weather for most of our travels really.

What a great trip this has been!  We've had a wonderful time, and now we're ready to head for home.
Thanks for following along by reading this blog and looking at our photos!
We leave you with a quick review of the places we've visited:

Our first stop was Iceland, and we enjoyed both our time exploring Reykjavik, and our day trip into the countryside.

This is Regensburg at night: the old stone bridge and the cathedral - we had such fun with our generous hosts and friends.

We lucked out with the weather in Riccione, Italy - Brad enjoyed the cycling and I liked the activities

Venice was quite magical

Then it was on to Florence - it was an adjustment to have to watch for cars, motorcycles and bicycles after Venice, where you either walk or go by boat.  This photo shows part of  the Uffizi Art Gallery. 

Vernazza was so picturesque - it's one of the five villages on the west coast of Italy that make up the Cinque Terre

We got to Lucca in time to see the FridaysforFuture Earth Strike

Then we were back in Florence, and decided to walk up to Piazza San Michelangelo - most guidebooks say that's the best view of the city when the sun is going down.  We got a bit lost and ended up higher, in a different square, which was fortunate as there were hardly any people way up there, and it was an even better view.

Munich was our last stop - this is another shot of part of the New Town Hall - it's a big building

Today we leave Munich, change planes in Reykjavik, crossing time zones, to land in Vancouver in the early evening.  Thanks again for reading this blog!

Munich in the sunshine

We arrived in Munich at about noon, and after checking into our airport hotel, we went back to the airport on the shuttle, and took the S-bahn (rapid transit) downtown.  We had told the ticket person we wanted to go to Oktoberfest, were told the stop to get off, - he had told us "then just follow the crowds."  There were crowds all right!  Unbelievable masses of people.  We quickly realized it wasn't where we wanted to be after asking "where's the glockenspiel" - a very long walk away...

So back we went, going against the waves of people this time, got back on the train, and got off at Marienplatz, and YES - this was the square we both remembered from our youth.  A medieval square with beautiful old buildings.

Our first sighting of what's called the New Town Hall

With all the flowers, and in the sun, it was just a beautiful Gothic marvel

We weren't there at the right time of day to hear the Glockenspiel chime and see the figures move, but admired them still

You can read more about this building on the City of Munich website.