Staying in Munich, my boyfriend and I opted for the ‘HI Munich Park Youth Hostel’ because it was cheap, but we were pleasantly surprised at the quality of our stay. I cannot recommend this hostel enough – there was a full buffet breakfast as part of the price (with pineapple jam, which was as delicious as it sounds) and it was just out of the centre, meaning it was quiet when we wanted to sleep. And when we did want to sleep, we had bunkbeds! These were an absolute novelty, adding to the feeling of having an exciting sleepover in a new city.
The only issue with staying outside of the centre was that we had to navigate the U-Bahn, the city’s metro system. This was not an easy feat - ticket machines were scarce, and the maps were quite confusing, but the app ‘Citymapper’ quickly helped us out. We saw the ‘Neuesrathaus’, a beautiful neogothic town hall, and the Frauenkirche. Though, my favourite by far was the beautiful ‘Hofgarten’; a memorial garden, where a man was playing the piano in the sun.
A definite must for your time in Munich is the ‘Chinesischer Turm’ Biergarten. This is located within the beautiful English Garden, Munich’s largest park (which is actually even larger than New York’s Central Park.) We enjoyed some Munich white sausage and soft salted pretzels under the Chinese tower. We finished our day with a walk to the waterfalls near the Eisbach Wave, and of course no trip to Munich would be complete without a stein of beer!
