Eurotrip Day 9: A respite from oktoberfest (aka exploring the city) (9/23/13)

E left today, so D and I were to explore on our own. Since D had not been to munich before, I wanted to show him the city that I loved so much from my first trip so we took a day from the festivities to see the city. After walking around the old town a bit, I showed him the surfing area in the english garden and then we explored a part of town I hadn't seen before; another part of the english garden and this really rich part of the town (Maximilianstrasse or somewhere near there). 

We got back into town and start looking around at the architecture and city that is not Oktoberfest.

I am following D. He seems to want to go through the castle gates. We were in this area the first night, but definitely looks different during the day.

Clocktower with a cuckoo clock. Beautiful tower.

Found some greenery to enjoy the beautiful day. Its a shame that crane is in the picture. 

Residence museum of Munich. I thought the different doors looked kinda cool. 

Cool little church we stumbled upon on our walk.

They have beautiful parks to just walk around and explore all around the city. This is one of many.

We also stumbled upon a horse drawn carriage bringing barrels of beer to oktoberfest. Should we just hitch a ride?

Munich's own arc de triumph. Seem like every city has one of these.

This was a university building that I hadnt seen before as we ventured to a new part of town than what I explored on my previous trip. 

Taking pictures as we walk around the city. Many beautiful sights from all over.

Cant remember how many of these bridges we crossed. I do remember one of them started accumulating locks like the famous love lock bridge in Paris. The city then put up plastic sheets to keep people from putting more. Either way, it is a nice view down the river.

That is the building where we will walk to, then start heading back as we have dinner plans with a friend from grad school and C, E's brother.

This building had cars diverted around it, with a drive way going up the the hill to it. Do not remember what it was, but it was impressive.

When in Europe, appreciate the old buildings/churches.

Going back across the river to find dinner. Thought this was a pretty nice view.

Once we were done walking around, we met C and J at the Hofbrau haus for dinner and drinks and to hang out for a bit before C had to take off.  We then explored around Marienplatz to grab another beer before we caught the last train back to the house.

Found our dinner spot. Should be tasty.