Holiday in Munich

May 26, Thursday. Today is a holiday in Bavaria – Corpus Christi day. Logan had the day off, he spent some time catching up on reading in the morning while I worked on laundry. I timed it, the wash cycle takes 85 minutes. Doing laundry is becoming almost as constant as going grocery shopping. It was a clear, hot day – over 80 – so putting wet clothes out on the balcony had them dried – and hot – in about an hour!

For lunch, we decided to take the S-bahn into the city. At one of the main city stations, we transferred to the U-bahn, which is a mostly underground train, and got off by the University. We walked with the rest of the hordes to English Garden. It is a huge garden – the largest public city park in Europe. Again to a Beer garden. This time we had Bavarian food. We hung out and walked through the park for a couple hours. Boy, it was hot. I think I need to avoid beer in the middle of the day when it’s so hot out, I got a headache and felt lousy by the time we got home. So did Logan.

One the way home from the train, we took a bit of a different route and explored the Unterhaching Rathaus Platz. We found the local bakery – score! Made plans to come back in the morning.

I think we had a simple dinner out on our balcony that evening. The balcony faces southwest; and there are wind shields that conspire to keep it hot out there until the sun slides behind the building. Then it is delightful to sit out there. We’re on the fourth floor, the buildings that we face are perpendicular to us and only 3 stories tall so we have a nice overlook. On a clear day, we can see the tops of some Alps. (I have taken some pictures and hope that you can see them too. They may just look like a cloud smudge on the horizon.)

In the evening after the construction work has stopped, it is so great to be here in this building.
I have to remind myself then that we really want to find a better place. When all of our stuff gets here, this place won’t have nearly enough storage (for things like heavy sweaters, boots, winter coats and skis); the construction of several new buildings is taking place behind this one. The work starts at 6:30 in the morning most times, the power equipment is not supposed to start up until 7; and it continues until 7 at night; Monday – Saturday. Yes, Saturday! And, other than the balcony, we have no outside space. There is some common area between the buildings, but it’s all given over to playground. There are no tables nor pool nor built-in barbeques. I think I’ll find that confining soon, and Logan doesn’t like it either.

More calls about the bikes. Luggage Concierge has offered to pay the duty if they can’t get this straightened out.