Day 3 in Munich. Happy Anniversary to us! We took a walking Third Reich tour and covered a ton of ground. There was so much that I can't even remember half of it. Lots of information to digest. We saw the Konigsplatz, the Karolinenplatz, the Eternal Flame to the victims of National Socialism, the Odeonsplatz, and more, before ending up at the Museum Quarter. We were impressed with everything we saw. After the tour ended, we wandered back toward the Residenz, had lunch outdoors, then spent the rest of our time in the Residenz. That was our favorite of everything so far. We could not get enough of it. They practically had to kick us out. Afterward, we just continued walking toward the direction of the Isar Gate until we stopped for some pizza. More walking (and WALKING!) until we ended up back at the Hackerhaus for beer and hot potato soup. It was cold and I really appreciated the warm blankets on the backs of the chairs. We made our way back to the pension and called it a night.
The next day was a Sunday and pretty much everything was closed so we just wandered around and took a lot of pictures. We thought about visiting Nymphenburg Palace but decided to stay in town instead. We stopped for beer in the Hofbrauhaus and there was an oompah band playing. Fun!! There was a large mass going on in the Marienplatz and we watched that from the sidelines while enjoying a delicious pastry. During our travels on Saturday, we had visited the Dallmayr Delicatessen and picked up a big tin of hot chocolate as a gift for Marion, our hostess at Lindner. It's all I drink, and she didn't offer it on the buffet, but she made me a special mug out of her personal stash every morning we were there. She seemed genuinely touched with the gift. We paid for our room on Sunday evening, as we had a very early train on Monday morning. We paid in cash and got a 5% discount. Marion printed our train tickets for us, and we called it an early night. We had a long and busy Monday ahead of us. On our way to the train early on Monday, it was still dark and we had the whole Marienplatz to ourselves. We got some great pictures, with no people in the way. I was sorry to leave Munich, I really loved it. The church bells were so lovely, I never got tired of them. I knew I was going to miss them for sure...