Daytrip in Munich

Our flight to St. Petersburg included a 9 hour layover in Munich, Germany, home of Oktoberfest. 

Rather than spend the afternoon window shopping the duty free stores in the airport and eating expensive food, we checked our bags with the luggage holder in the airport and got on the train that would take us into town.

We bought a group train ticket, and sat for 45 min on a beautiful ride through small Bavarian suburbs and farms and fields. When the train arrived we got off at the Marienplatz station. 

We began our search for beer and bratwurst. We found some Biergartens down the road from Marienplatz that served some scrumptious pommes and sausages. Having not been a fan of beer for a while, my sister had me try a Radler. It's a citrusy beer, kind of like a mix of lemonade and beer. Super light, tasty, and refreshing. (When I'm back for Oktoberfest, this will be my drink of choice.)

After our meal we went to the Gardens and did a lot of walking. There is a spot up a hill where you can see the skyline of Munich, which is very beautiful with all the church steeples. 

I wish I had better recollection of where all the places we stopped were, but I didn't use any kind of map while there and just followed the pack. 

In the following posts I will be detailing my trip to St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Nezniy Novgorod!

Prost!

Aleksandra