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Everything is closed on Sunday Munich

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  EN Our 4-day trip in Germany Munich has come to an end on a Sunday. And everything was closed on Sunday! How! How can this big German city be closed? I was a bit bummed out because I want to shop a bit for souvenirs. But it seems everything was closed on Sunday except for restaurants and St. Peters Church. NL Onze 4-daagse trip in Duitsland München eindigde op een zondag. En zondag was alles dicht! Hoe dan! Zo'n grote Duitse stad en alles dicht? Ik baalde een beetje omdat ik wat souvenirs wilde kopen. Maar het lijkt erop dat alles op zondag gesloten was, behalve restaurants en de Sint-Pieterskerk. German cheesecake goes well with caffeine. Looking for stuff and buildings that are open on sunday. Thank goodness this was open: an attraction We sat down for the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, a famous clock play attraction of 15 minutes that chimes a 16th-century story. W...

A day in Munich

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Behold, the Dutch gang ready exploring Munich: my brother KH and his caretakers from the art gallery facility `De Kaai` and of course myself. Unripe apricots & no croissants We had breakfast at our hotel first. It was still pandemic time so that means there were restrictions and because of this the breakfast option in the hotel was rather small. Normally there is a buffet but this time we could only choose between two kinds of sandwiches (where are the croissants?!), yogurts, tea or coffee, and unripe apricots. We also had to wear masks as well. Altogether not a fulfilling breakfast. The courtyard is really nice and zen. Half itinerary half aimless Time to explore Munich! Since my breakfast that morning was disappointing, we stopped by to grab coffee and a real German pretzel. Lets be knotty and ha...