Englischer Garten

After running numerous errands this morning (haircut for Brad –his very first one, a new phone and North Face fleece for me), we decided to head to the Englischer Garten (German for “English Garden’’) for a walk and lunch. This is one of the world’s largest public parks (larger than New York’s Central Park) and stretches alongside the Isar river from the center to the northernmost rim of the city. The park includes several attractions such as numerous beer gardens (we checked out one of them), a place for surfing, paths to go for a jog, and large lawns to play games and drink bier. Brad and I even saw people storing their beer in the river in order to keep it cold while they played games. After visiting the garden for the first time, I felt like I had stepped into a forest and it was difficult to believe that I was actually still in the heart of Munich. After a short walk, we stumbled upon the Chinesischer Turm (Chinese Tower), which is one of the most popular Beer Gardens in Munich. It is huge and is fully equipped with a traditional brass band, Bavarian cuisine, and, of course, super sized beers. Brad had the currywurst with pommes frites and I wanted handl, but they were all sold out so I opted for Sauerkraut. We also shared a pretzel that was the size of my head and man it was delicious. After lunch we walked around a bit more and then headed to the U-Bahn as we need to still complete one more errand –visiting the KPMG office. Brad had been telling me about the KPMG office for weeks and how it has stairs that lead to nothing, a rainbow exterior and lots of coffee mugs with KPMG on it. After seeing the office we decided to go back to the hotel for a quick nap before dinner.

After arriving home, I had to call AT&T in order to obtain a code that would unlock my phone and by doing so I realized that I had left my US SIM card on the table at the office. I am such an idiot! Of course, Brad was super sweet about it and said, it’s okay honey, we will go back and get it before we go to dinner. My husband is truly the best. We decided to call it an early night since we are potentially moving out of the hotel tomorrow into our new flat, fingers crossed!

Gute Nacht. vermisse euch alle. – die Gauntletts