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This weekend I headed to Munich by train to be there to soak up the atmosphere of the Aussie game scheduled for Sunday as well as to check out what all the fuss is about the beer halls of Munich.
I arrived Friday night and was a little disappointed to find that my hotel that was dubbed "in the city centre" was about a 20 min u-bahn ride out. Nevermind. Had a quiet friday in the hotel room doing some research about what to see and do, hit the bed early ready for a big saturday.
Got up Saturday and headed into town where I was temporarily lost due to a totally useless map provided by the hotel. After stumbling on the main pedestrian mall purely by accident, I proceded to wander around taking in the sights such as St Peters Curch, the old and new town halls, as well as the famous outdoor markets. This was made easier after a trip to the tourist info centre to obtain a better map.
The day continued with a trip to Munich's most famous beer hall, the Hofbrauhaus, which I would later stop to smaple their finest but more on that later. I continued on foot past the Bavarian Opera house, and down through Hofgarten towards the English gardens which are huge. I next took a u-bahn out to Allianz arena, where the world cup is being played but due to the World Cup, couldn't get within cooee of it. Nevermind. Then headed out to the Olympic Park which is the sight of the fan fest for world cup (place for those to go who don't have tickets) and also checked out the BMW museum which is in that direction.
On the train to Olympic Park, i ran into a group of aussies who I started chatting to and learnt that they are spare tickets to the Australia v Croatia game. I quickly offered to take them off their hands and needless to say, 500 euro later, i'm the proud owner of two world cup tickets for the game here in Stuttgart this Thursday. SO EXCITED!!
Anyway, didn't do much saturday night, watched more cup action then retired. My work colleague Sigi came up from Austria Sunday morning to meet me where we both prepared for the big game and headed into town. It was a madhouse with green and gold everywhere, not just australians, but also brazilians who also happen to wear the colours. Was amazing. We grabbed a traditional Bavarian lunch and then proceeded to the Hofbrauhaus, which is where the Australian Green and Gold Army were meeting before the game. What a madhouse. So much fun and the atmosphere was just indescribable.
After a "mass" we headed to Olympic Park which was simply overflowing with people. We managed to get a seat on the lawn and proceeded to watch Australia play very well but ultimately loose to Brazil, 2-0. This puts us into second for our group with a draw with Croatia sufficient to see us through to 2nd round. Fingers crossed. After that disappointment, we quietly headed back to the hotel to watch the 9pm game and get a sleep.
Monday morning we had to get up early to catch our train back to Stuttgart. Not much fun as i'm really not a morning person but you get that. Anyway, that's the end of this week.
Hope all is well back home.
Take it easy
GO AUSTRALIA!!
This weekend I headed to Munich by train to be there to soak up the atmosphere of the Aussie game scheduled for Sunday as well as to check out what all the fuss is about the beer halls of Munich.
I arrived Friday night and was a little disappointed to find that my hotel that was dubbed "in the city centre" was about a 20 min u-bahn ride out. Nevermind. Had a quiet friday in the hotel room doing some research about what to see and do, hit the bed early ready for a big saturday.
Got up Saturday and headed into town where I was temporarily lost due to a totally useless map provided by the hotel. After stumbling on the main pedestrian mall purely by accident, I proceded to wander around taking in the sights such as St Peters Curch, the old and new town halls, as well as the famous outdoor markets. This was made easier after a trip to the tourist info centre to obtain a better map.
The day continued with a trip to Munich's most famous beer hall, the Hofbrauhaus, which I would later stop to smaple their finest but more on that later. I continued on foot past the Bavarian Opera house, and down through Hofgarten towards the English gardens which are huge. I next took a u-bahn out to Allianz arena, where the world cup is being played but due to the World Cup, couldn't get within cooee of it. Nevermind. Then headed out to the Olympic Park which is the sight of the fan fest for world cup (place for those to go who don't have tickets) and also checked out the BMW museum which is in that direction.
On the train to Olympic Park, i ran into a group of aussies who I started chatting to and learnt that they are spare tickets to the Australia v Croatia game. I quickly offered to take them off their hands and needless to say, 500 euro later, i'm the proud owner of two world cup tickets for the game here in Stuttgart this Thursday. SO EXCITED!!
Anyway, didn't do much saturday night, watched more cup action then retired. My work colleague Sigi came up from Austria Sunday morning to meet me where we both prepared for the big game and headed into town. It was a madhouse with green and gold everywhere, not just australians, but also brazilians who also happen to wear the colours. Was amazing. We grabbed a traditional Bavarian lunch and then proceeded to the Hofbrauhaus, which is where the Australian Green and Gold Army were meeting before the game. What a madhouse. So much fun and the atmosphere was just indescribable.
After a "mass" we headed to Olympic Park which was simply overflowing with people. We managed to get a seat on the lawn and proceeded to watch Australia play very well but ultimately loose to Brazil, 2-0. This puts us into second for our group with a draw with Croatia sufficient to see us through to 2nd round. Fingers crossed. After that disappointment, we quietly headed back to the hotel to watch the 9pm game and get a sleep.
Monday morning we had to get up early to catch our train back to Stuttgart. Not much fun as i'm really not a morning person but you get that. Anyway, that's the end of this week.
Hope all is well back home.
Take it easy
GO AUSTRALIA!!
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