Munich; Monday, 04 October, 2004

After checking out of the hotel and dumping our bags in the lockers at Munich station we headed into the centre of town and to the Marienplatz, the main central square. Just off to one side is the Church of St Peters, an odd looking church with a completely rectangular tower that takes up the whole width of the church.

As it was tower you can climb it meant that of course, I had to climb it. From the top the views of the centre of Munich are as good as those from the top of the Frauenkirche, except from here you can see down into the Marienplatz.

After descending from the tower and watching the 11 O'clock performance of the clock on the front of the Town Hall (Nothing on the Astronomical clock in Prague!) we headed over to one of the largest buildings in the city - The Residence - The former home of the Royal family of Bavaria.

The site is enormous and would take several days to visit the whole of. Instead we just visited the exhibition on the treasures and other valuables of the collection including lots of gold and jewels.

From there we just had time to pop out to the Olympic park and climb up (or rather ascend in a speedy lift) another tower, this time the main tower at the Olympic stadium from where you can get stunning views of the Olympic Park, the City, the Alps and the next door BMW works!

After that it was time to go back to the main station, collect our luggage and head back to the airport for the plane home.