Wolfratshausen/Munich DAY 1

Wolfratshausen is approximately a 40 minute train ride from Munich, and it also has a free stellplatz. That is about all I can tell you about Wolfratshausen, as we only stayed there to visit Munich. The stellplatz itself was at an RV repair shop/sales centre. We decided on the Munich run, because we didn’t want to be rushed, if we had gone north, we would have been on a very tight schedule, basically 6 cities in 12 days, one of the cities being Berlin, which our guide books say you need at least a week and is around 1000km round trip. Driving the rig in larger cities is extremely stressful for Julie and I, and we find that in larger cities taking the transit is pretty effective. This is why we purchased a train pass that lasted 3 days and allowed us to use all transit types within Munich’s center (Wolfratshausen was considered inside the center, but was the last stop) and it set us back €60. Well worth it, as our first stop was the BMW museum in Olympia park which was two train transfers from the Hauptbanhof, Munich’s central station. The museum itself was pretty boring for Julie; I was enjoying myself but did leave it thinking it could have been done better (more cars, and possibly a test drive??). To their credit, the museum was relocated because the original location was being renovated. The BMW buildings were impressively designed from my point of view. Just looking at the buildings themselves was worth the commute. We opted out on touring the Olympic park and decided to head back to the centre. This is where Julie spotted a Pizza Hut sign displaying the exact pizza I wanted to try before we left Canada (it had mini mozza sticks as the crust for dipping) but never found the time. She did promise to buy this pizza for me back home in Canada, so she decided to keep her promise and that’s where we went for our lunch. However, there must have been a communication error, because we didn’t get the pizza I had wanted (just stuffed crust), though it was cheaper so we went with it. After lunch we used the subway to get to Odeonplatz to visit Feldherrenhalle, this site was mentioned to us by one of Anna’s friends as a must place to visit. The monument was huge, and as we later learned, has some history, but at the time it was just an impressive monument with two huge lions at the front and what looks like a Roman soldier and a lady in the centre. From here we wandered down some streets back to Marienplatz instead of using the transit. The streets were packed with people (it was the day before the start of Oktoberfest) and there was an odd guy wearing a white mask listening to a “boombox” picking up cigarette butts and listening to Elton John. Only in large cities can you see this. I took a few photos during our walk to Marienplatz, arguably the most famous square in Munich, because of the Glockenspiel. Once here we didn’t really know what to do, so we just walked around for a bit until it got pretty dark then we caught the tram back to Wolfratshausen for the night.