Muenchen und der Englischer Garten

Stan and I dropped Chris and Elena at the airport in Munich today. We spent a couple of hours in the city beforehand. Walking down Marienplatz is nice, but a city is a city.

Neues Rathaus (Town Hall)

Spielzeug Museum

These two guys playing "In the Hall of the Mountain King" were the highlight

The European summer continues to overachieve, breaking all sorts of records for heat and sunshine. Over 30 degrees in Munich today, so there were lots of people in the Englischer Garten.  Lots.

Lots

Not autumn yet, but the Japanese Maple obviously hasn't realised that

Running through the Englischer Garten are a couple of streams that are force-flowed - like something at a waterpark. Less than a metre deep but almost impossible to stand up in, there were many people heading rapidly downstream in the current. At a couple of places there were rapids, and surfers.

This shot was taken from a bridge where lots of people were watching

All lined up, waiting their turns