Myself, the current Mrs Manual and our two little Manuals (The Pamphlets) are going to Munich for a week in August, for a family birthday celebration.
All I've found out about the place so far is; the BMW museum is unexpectedly interesting, the zoo is worth a visit - and everything is mindbendingly expensive ...and I've found these three facts out from roughly 178,000 different sources. They appear to be the only three things that absolutely everybody who's got three things to say about Munich, says about Munich.
So - if you've got a fourth (or fifth, six or seventh) interesting little factoid to impart, I'm all ears.
Grateful ears...
Not much of the gear, even less idea.
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Much like the Berlin thread:
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/31492/woot-im-going-to-munich-anyone-knows-whats-good-to-do-for-3-days/p1
Beyond that: Any and all questions answered here!
The one thing that's changed since then is that these days, if you wanna see me play guitar, pending a miracle, it'll be within the confines of mine own home.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
If that helps. Probably of little assistance in entertaining Mrs Manual and the Pamphlets
So basically no, I've got no idea, but I'm sure you'll have a nice time!!
We didn’t find it that expensive, no more than any other major W European city anyway.
Go to the Deutshe Museum makes the London science museum look really poor.
Go to the English Garden and the Chinese tower for a family friendly yet massive beer garden.
You can have a nice beach style holiday next to the big lakes in the South. And the Alps are a train ride away.
One of the safest cities in the world.
BMW-Museum and Olympia park are 2 other nearby hot spots, architecturally, technically and ethincally regarding the variety of people in Oly park on a summer afternoon.
Without anyone having acrophobia a visit at the Olympic tower (R'n'R-Museum in the top-restaurant, rotating tower top) with a marvellous view at the Alps might be fine, too.
„Real“ authentic beergardens for summer evenings are Nockherberg/ex Paulaner-brewery in district Giesing, Hofbräu-Keller (not: Haus!) at Wiener Platz or a smaller one at Muffathalle, near Art nouveau-style swimming hall Müller'sches Volksbad in the City's center at the Isar/opposite of Dt. Museum.
This bridge across the Isar was the core of the old Muenchen: An ancient duke built the first bridge across the river to collect customs from salt traders between Bad Reichenhall in the Alps and Augsburg. So the new city developed around this very place.
Deutsches Museum is a blast, too, of course.
Take a walk through the quarter around the University (Tuerken-, Amalien-, Theresienstraße, all close to the center, neat little shops, cafés) and Leopoldstraße up to Münchner Freiheit (a little north therefrom)
Don't forget Hofgarten, a former royal garden behind the residence in the heart of the city. And there's the huge residence itself with ancient rooms, a very early theatre, crown jewellery and stuff like that.
Expensive Maximilianstraße from the Opera house to Bayerischer Landtag Maximilianeum is a pretty exotic mile to walk: There's no place to see more Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Rolls Royces and that kind of people than there.
Viktualien Markt with its diverse booths south of Marienplatz and the nearby Eataly, a kind of former market hall with Italian slow food products will make another 2 or 3 hours of gastronomic delightment. A calm island to have a breather may be the Stadt Café (with its quiet back yard) around the corner at Jakobsplatz. Whre you can find and visit also the modern, impressive Jewish synagogue amidst the city's crowded places.
A pretty and picturesque district is Haidhausen between Max-Weber-Platz, Rosenheimer Platz and Ostbahnhof. A lot of its ancient charme can be discovered by strolling around and having an espresso here and a glass of wine there.
In Pariser Straße you'll find the MJ Guitar shop: Matthias Jabs of Scorpions fame is the store owner, and from time to time he and his fellows are playing a concert within the small shop: All knobs go to eleven!
Tip: Prefer the different tramway-lines for transport within the city's center. They're pretty quick and you can see where you are and how Bavarian real life is happening directly around you.
Have a nice stay!
You'd be welcome. Special offer: Playing some Taylor axe. And having a glass of beer. Or two. ;-)
When going to a swimming pool there are often "mixed" family shower facilities
I'm not sure five days is going to be enough now...
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
I've just discovered that "Donner" means "Thunder" in German.
...which would be a bit of an odd greeting...