Started Saturday with a "free' (tips based model, being rolled out around european cities) tour of 'old' munich, although 80% of it was destroyed/rebuilt after WWII. Tall spires of frauenkirche church were not destroyed as they were landmarks for bombers. The inner city is closed to cars, which is GREAT - but why is it mostly shopping? Highlights included the hofbrauhaus (drinking liters of beer since 1589), the glockenspiel (clock with show), and lots of information about beer. Ended at viktualenmarkt tempted by a radler and some food. In the afternoon, went to Deutsche museum, which had a large tech display (astronomy, maths, computers, power). Some of it rather dated, and no A/C, but enjoyable. Still something creepy about seeing german technology. Walked over to start of munich-venice ride, then back to hotel to meetup with Mike. At night, returned to the hofbrauhaus and then free outdoor opera.
Sunday. Woke up to rain, but still walked through englishen gardn, a lovely park with surfable river running through it. E-Scootered back to hotel to meet up with everyone for the train to passau, and the ms carissima. And it all worked! Boat departed for engelhartzell at 5pm and everyone seems happy! Nice dinner and then a walk through the tiny town. Tomorrow onto our bikes.
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