Well, we’re all moved in to our new apartment! We are still lacking in some fairly key furniture pieces and we’re living out of our suitcases still, so I’m going to save the tour until it looks a little nicer! Here is an afternoon we had a little over a week ago. It was one of the first warm days of the year.
This is the large school that is just around the corner from our apartment. It’s really handy because the bells chime on the quarter hours. We had been joking that we never see kids here from about 8-15. But now we know where they are! School lets out early here – at 1pm or so – and the sidewalks are filled with teens and preteens. It’s a pretty cool building with a lot of really cool stone carvings and features decorating the exterior.
Here is a shortcut I found that takes you from the quiet neighborhood we live in to the very, very busy Leopold Straße -one of the main roads into Munich. I like to pretend it’s secret, but the fact that it’s lighted and paved and that there are always people on it makes me think that I’m not the first person to find it!
More walk after the jump…
Leopoldstr.
We crossed Leopoldstr. and headed towards the English Garden, sure to be busy on such a nice day!
The Kleinhesselcher See. Just across the lake, you can see the buildings of the bier garten there. That’s our goal!
S is wondering why I’m taking so many pictures of him eating a pretzel. The day was lovely – the air soft and warm. And we sat next to the lake with our beers and watched ducks, swans, and row boats make their way past us. But, then the wind picked up and the clouds rolled in and it was winter again! brrrrr! So we made our way home.
But first, we stopped at a bakery for fresh brotchen to eat with our dinner.
Münchner Freiheit U-bahn station and Leopoldstr. We decided to cut through the station, rather than wait for the crosswalk.
Love your polaroid-ish pics – what a great walking tour! what’s ‘butterbrot’ – is that the name of the bakery? “And is that your spotty front door?
Butterbrot is the name of the bakery. Very good, but a little far away. Mostly we go to ‘Brotraum’ for our fresh croissant and roll needs. That is indeed our dotty door!