Last night’s rain clouds were waiting for us this morning.  Quite pretty, just so long as they didn’t rain on us!  The threat was real enough though that we could only get one ‘travel’ photo.

We only had a short trek into Munchen this morning (so we hoped), but we did need to beat the rain that was predicted for the afternoon.  However, ‘short’ treks in the hills mean nothing relative to time and distance.  We had several climbs, a few times on very rough gravel paths; even resorted to riding through a field, just for some smoother terrain.  A cool but beautiful day.

Reached München/Munich by 11:00, but it took us another hour through more road construction to get into the center of the city (like pros).  Stopped for lunch (just before it started to pour) and to find a hotel room, only to find every room in the city was booked ARE YOU KIDDING ME???  Three hundred hotels, at least 15,000 rooms and they are ALL BOOKED!!!  Is this a joke?  As we find out there is a “fair” in town and the only room available within 40 miles  is a 2-star hotel for over $400. DOLLARS and that doesn’t include internet!.  So here we are in this fabulous city in the pouring down rain with (almost) nowhere to stay; though we had only biked 25 miles, we were still tired from yesterday’s ride.  We took the room, grumbled a little then went to see the city in between the downpours.

München is a most incredible city.  It would take a month to see it all well, a week maybe to scratch the surface.  We had a few hours in the rain, but made the most of it.  Lots of shops selling the traditional Bavarian costume.

And then you enter the old city/Allstadt.

Hundreds of thousands of people but more remarkable are the sights to behold.

This building was just fascinating.

Just look at this detail.

I could have looked at it for hours, but this man needs a beer

and he came to the right place,

The famous HofBrauHaus!

Lots of fun

and ready to serve.

Back to the sightseeing,

pictures are limited with the rain,

but we manage to shoot in between the showers.

We apologize that we cannot identify the pictures but our lack of understanding the German language and the rain hastening our every picture, this is all we can offer.

We did manage to get the name of St. Michaels Church,

absolutely breathtaking inside.

With the storm gathering black clouds

and a healthy ten minute walk back to our hotel, we regrettably leave the city center.