For this next time in Munich our accommodation was the boutique Hotel Splendid Dollmann where we had stayed on our first trip to the city in the winter of 1989. It is comfortably located in a quiet part of the Old Town’s Lehel District near an interesting bar and a couple of fine restaurants. We were happy to be back in Munich, especially after some unpleasant hours in a crowded train and the miserable task of getting from the train platform and through the station under construction to find a taxi.
Month: December 2024
Munich Part 1
Kay and I weren’t strangers to Munich when we arrived for a three-day visit on July 7th of this year. We had been twice before, and it only testifies to the city’s greatness that there was so much more to see and do. I won’t pretend that our first full day was free of frustration, though. The large train station near where we stayed at the Hotel Metropole was surrounded by long ongoing and ever-changing construction that made it a confusing point of reference. We encountered more confusion relearning how to use the U-Bahn system. Finally, a gastrointestinal disorder made it impossible during the morning for me to be too far from a restroom.
Despite these irritants we managed a short visit to crowded Marienplatz with the Neues Rathaus and other icons.
