Munchen

Today started with a loud banging on the door. The maintenance man wanted to know if we had water everywhere. Nein, we said.  After breakfast we moved into another room. Above and below our room had water coming down the walls. Our new room has updated fixtures and furniture, but has less vacant floor space and a very small shower compared to the first one.

We set off to explore Munich via the railway station to check our onward journeys. There are very many people wandering around the tourist parts of Munich.  Before we got very far, it was time for morning coffee accompanied by apfelkuchen . We marvelled at the New Rathouse,  the Old Rathouse , wandered past some interesting clothes  stores selling a range of the traditional costumes to not just tourists,  wandered past some interesting food carts , then it was time for lunch. We looked over the City museum of Munich which was quite interesting but heavy going,  too heavy going for us after a while. It was arranged in historical order trying to give a balanced view of Munich's development.

Next was St Peters church , a cacophanied mix of baroque and rococo ( not that I am an expert, but I assume the guide book author knows) .  It was a bit off putting,  too much ostentation and glittery gold.  We went to a small church that was purely rococo.  It was not so bad, lots of light frescoes but not glittery.

I thought this morning that I was almost better, but am not so sure now, at the end of the day.