Day 40

Only 2 more days!! I can't believe it. Today was a very nice day. It was cloudy outside and even a little drizzly. So we knew we wouldn't be doing too much sightseeing. We started the morning off a little later the usual. We left the hostel Around 9 am and headed over to our U-bahn stop. We took the subway to the other side of the city and started heading towards the Olympic Stadium. Munich hosted the Olympic games in 1972 and built this entire stadium, lake and park surrounding it. The lake was wonderful to walk around. There weren't too many people around so it was pretty peaceful. We walked along the lake for a while and finally game to the gates of the park. Even though we didn't go in, we took a little peek and saw the field and the track. It was pretty cool because I don't think I've even been to an Olympic Stadium. We left the arena and started walking towards the BMW museum. Munich is headquarters for BMW so the factory is there as well as the museum. We paid our 6 euros and went inside. Upstairs there was an art exhibit. And an art exhibit basically means a bunch of BMW cars painted all fancy. It was pretty neat and the cars looked really cool. I wish I could have driven off in one of them. We went downstairs to the actual museum and learned about the history of BMW. They started off in the plane engine business and then branched into motorcycles. After several years and some risky business moves, they started manufacturing cars. We saw cars from the very beginning and all the way to current time. There were some oldies there. I took plenty of pictures so all of my car buffs can look at them. BMW started building race cars and racing motorcycles as well. They were the winners of many races and at one time held the record for fastest car. The museum was really cool but I think the icing on top of the cake was standing next to 2 different James Bond cars that were driven by Pierce Brosnan. That was so cool! After the museum, we headed back to the U-bahn and took it to the Marienplatz, the main square. We were getting pretty hungry so we stopped at our favorite lunch spot, McD's and each got a 1955 burger. From there we walked to the Munich Residenz. The interesting thing about this building is that even though a good portion of it was destroyed during the second world war, there were 90 rooms available for the public! And we visited all of them. We probably walked a mile just inside the palace. There were so many different rooms for different purposes that it all started blending together after a while. The antiquity hall, built in the 1500s to house one of the kings antiques. It was later turned into a dining hall. It was huge! There were sculptures everywhere and paintings filled every empty space. It was very impressive and I felt like I could dine in this hall. We walked through the palace for a good hour before finally finishing and heading into the treasury. There were so many things glittering and glowing in there that I just had to take pictures and leave. It was very impressive as well. You could tell that the Bavarian kings were very wealthy. After spending so much time in the palace we were ready to call it an early day. The weather wasn't improving and we didn't have too much else planned for the day, we headed back to the hostel for some picture uploading, TV catching up, blog writing, and relaxation time. Tomorrow will be busier, but it's the LAST FULL DAY! I can't believe it's here already!