Good morning world! I woke up early today, (5am) just to make sure that I get my sleep hours right. Slept at 7pm , woke up at 5am. Bagus!
With extra time in hand, I'm touching on Munich today!
Absolutely love this place because I'm a groce-holic (grocery) and Munich has such lovely chocolates, fresh veg and fruits that I could bring home to Dubai.
Here's my room at the Westin, and I have always loved this chain of hotels ever since I started traveling.
To the supermarket! This is widest selection of Maggie products I've ever since, everything from pasta sauces, to 3 minute meals, to seasonings.
Everyone loves Giotto ^^
Like Ferror Rocher, but better than that. Made from the same parent company, it has a chocolate cream center, covered by a crispy wafer sphere and it's coated with hazelnuts. Sounds yum?
Ritter Sport bigger than my face. #forthewin
Haribo!!!!!
Bought a pack for myself and my bestie jess. I'm incredibly in love with gummy bears since I was young. I'm not an adult, I'm a child with wrinkles :p
Presenting to you my groce-holic bad habits.
25 euros flew by, and I bought amazing things!
Manner (Vienna) wafers are really good, the chocolate centers are thick and the wafer's crispy TTM!
I also bought german sausages - the garlic one taste good!
Giotto x 4 (those are giveaways, I'm not crashing my diet for that)
Grabbed a ticket and went on exploring Munich alone. I didn't consider that it was my first time, but with a map in my hand, and hoping that some good Samaritans will be of my help if I'm lost.
If you ask me why I like to be walk alone when I could have chosen to go with my friends - i like this feeling of exploring a new place alone (okay, i leave Paris out of that league because it's not too safe).
I take my own time to in and out of a store without having to have someone wait, walk along the streets and have local food at my own ease.
I really like that feeling of knowing a place with a map and without any guided directions, and that might allow me to get to know a place more than I thought I already knew.
Set my way to Odeonplatz - 15 minutes walk away from Marienplatz, the central area of Munich.
Read history here: link
Here's my room at the Westin, and I have always loved this chain of hotels ever since I started traveling.
To the supermarket! This is widest selection of Maggie products I've ever since, everything from pasta sauces, to 3 minute meals, to seasonings.
Everyone loves Giotto ^^
Like Ferror Rocher, but better than that. Made from the same parent company, it has a chocolate cream center, covered by a crispy wafer sphere and it's coated with hazelnuts. Sounds yum?
Ritter Sport bigger than my face. #forthewin
 They have too many types of Ritter Sports and it's for 0.99 euros! Sport some special ones like Expresso, Marzipan (ground almond and sugar, and berry yogurt!) |
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Haribo!!!!!
Bought a pack for myself and my bestie jess. I'm incredibly in love with gummy bears since I was young. I'm not an adult, I'm a child with wrinkles :p
Presenting to you my groce-holic bad habits.
25 euros flew by, and I bought amazing things!
Manner (Vienna) wafers are really good, the chocolate centers are thick and the wafer's crispy TTM!
I also bought german sausages - the garlic one taste good!
Giotto x 4 (those are giveaways, I'm not crashing my diet for that)
Grabbed a ticket and went on exploring Munich alone. I didn't consider that it was my first time, but with a map in my hand, and hoping that some good Samaritans will be of my help if I'm lost.
If you ask me why I like to be walk alone when I could have chosen to go with my friends - i like this feeling of exploring a new place alone (okay, i leave Paris out of that league because it's not too safe).
I take my own time to in and out of a store without having to have someone wait, walk along the streets and have local food at my own ease.
I really like that feeling of knowing a place with a map and without any guided directions, and that might allow me to get to know a place more than I thought I already knew.
Set my way to Odeonplatz - 15 minutes walk away from Marienplatz, the central area of Munich.
Read history here: link
Feldherrnhalle - the structure that gives Odeonplatz an Italian Square appearance.
There are some celebrations that day - I heard it was a holiday that Friday, so everyone was merry in spirits. They party, drink and have their german snacks while they listen in to the live band.
BAHHHH!!! Look at this!!
Even now when I look at the picture, it gives me hunger pangs.
This is the thing man - Bratwurst with bun.
Initially I thought the bun will not be too good- but it ended up really well.
Bratwurst is cooked to perfection - after one bite, the juiciness of the sausage is revealed. I was in love that moment, I know it sounds exaggerating, but this is defo the best sausage I had.
Bun was good - it was slightly hard when you first eat it, but the center of the bun was soft. Goes really well with the slightly salty bratwurst.
I've no idea what this is really, tried googling many times but to no avail.
I would say this is a german pizza/dough (alike to Flammkuchen) with sour cream, onions and bacon.
I love this too - the dough is really soft, and that's the best part of the whole thing.
Leaves you wanting more, really.
The next 10-15 minutes, I spent it walking and taking pictures of random structures I see.
On the streets of Odeonplatz, you could see lots of little bars selling drinks/beer/cocktails.
I particularly like this one which is shaped like a cottage and decorated with sunflowers, looks chirpy is it?
Munich city center has this feel of a twist between modern and ancient - they preserved their historical architectures well.
Locals in their costumes. I wished I had the courage to take a picture with them :p
Interior of Rathaus, which is more famous for its name Glockenspiel.
The Glockenspiel is a mechanical center located on the front of the Rathaus on Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Everyday at 11am and 12pm in the winter months and 11am, 12pm and 5pm in the summer months the Glockenspiel starts to chime.
The life-sized statues rotate around each other in a mock dance. It consists of 43 bells and 32 life-sized figures. Munich is world famous for its Glockenspiel. It is featured in all the guide books to the city. And when it starts to play you'll see tourists stood on Marienplatz gazing up with their video cameras at the ready.
(source: ToytownGermany)
Yves Rocher skincare - i particularly like its handcream for its price and quality.
Cola x Orange is the mezzo mix. Tried it since I saw a few locals drinking it. I like my coke better, in my very honest opinion, but this drink is refreshing nonetheless!
The Hirmer building
A stretch of business stores in this pretty building with floral exhibits -
A variety of labels, from Armani to Zegna: Hirmer stands for an exceptionally wide variety of prestige labels ranging from trendy to classical. In the following you will find only a fraction of the tremendous selection of labels offered by Hirmer:
Armani, Baldessarini, Barbour, Bogner, Boss, Boss Selection, Brax, Bugatti, Camel Active, Church's, Daniel Hechter, Dockers, Eduard Dressler, Eterna, Faconnable, Gaastra, Gant, Hetrego, Herno, Hiltl, Incotex, Jacques Britt, Joker, Joop, Kaiser Design, Lacoste, Latini, Levi’s, Mabrun, März, Magnanni, Marc O’Polo, Manuel Ritz, Napapijri, Olymp, Peuterey, Pierre Cardin, Quarvif, Santoni, Schöffel, Schneiders, Sebago, Stenströms, Strellson, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Laack, Victorinox, Windsor, Zegna Sport, Zzegna.
O.o!!!
By 6pm, everyone seated down for a beer and dinner.
While I'm still strolling past the streets to see street musicians do their thing :)
Amazing is life.
The doors of the Theatinerkirche/Theatiner Church were open for the public.
An Italian baroque style church.
Spent some time on reflecting, gave my prayers and lighted a candle.
My heart feels a little lighter after this visit.
Went on to Hofgarten - a renaissance court garden created in the 1610s.
I could see people standing on the benches having small chats, while others chose to have picnics with mats on the green. It's a really nice feeling isn't it?
And on the next day, I decided not to head out, but have beer with my friends.
Paulaner 1 keg (5 litres) and we did order 2. Weisber taste light and good for me.
and the "little girl" they call me, ended up finishing everything on this plate.
Potato dumplings and my half pork kunckle accompanied by brocolli - love it!
