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München (Munich)

Today we slept in, well the rest of the group might of slept in I woke up with the 6:00 AM church bells.  We had a late breakfast which included a sweet waffle but with the sour berry compote worked just fine. Afterwards we took the hour drive via the autobahn to Munich. View from the New Town Hall Munich was completely destroyed during WWII, however they chose to rebuild using the historic architecture, which is why the still have an old looking town center. We walked around St. Mary’s square and went up the new town hall tower (which looks older than the actual old town hall) and got nice views of the city. Mind you it was still cloudy and drizzling off and on.   Then went to the Viktualienmarkt (Victuals Market) and had sausage and beer in a traditional beer garden.   We then met our guide who gave us a walking tour of the city. We toured the Residenz (Royal Palace) which is now a museum.   The Residenz was mostly destroyed during WWII however they had ...