...yummy, all things fattening...

The Germans love doing 'brotzeit'. It's basically a platter of cold meats, cheese, potato salad, cucumbers, gherkins etc (in German its called 'aufschnitt') and you eat it with an assortment of bread and bretzel. Last night Wollie and me walked to this little beer garden down the road from our flat and consumed all things fattening: beer, bread, cheese and  bretzel, all the yummy things!!! Then to make us feel better, we walked home so that our bums don't expand too much. ;)

...finally some shopping time...

We haven't been able to do much clothes shopping since we've arrived, as we had to buy important life stuff like a bed and furniture but on Saturday we went to the shops and spent a little money. We didn't get lots, I got some shoes and Pjs and Wollie got a jersey.

...surfing in Munich, who would've thought...

I have read about surfing in the Isar a while back and we found a spot the other day where they surf, but on Friday night we found the real deal. Check it out, pretty cool.

...sunday beautiful sunday...

Yesterday Wollie and me had such a cool day. We started it off by watching a race at Marienplatz. I wanted to run the race but entry was 33euros (R330) which seemed a little ridiculous and therefore I didn't run it. But then we still watched and it was pretty cool. The traditional "Münchner Stadtlauf" (which means city run) happens once a year, this was the 33rd, where thousands of people take part. Runners can choose between a half marathon or a 10k run and a 2km run for kids. Everything was very well organized, but I still believe SA races are cooler.

After the race we made our way to the zoo. Wollie has been wanting to go to the zoo in SA already but we never got around to it. The cutest thing at the zoo where the monkeys...there were little baby gorillas and orangutans and they were just too cute. Wollie also let the rhino lick his hand. We had yummy lunch there with some beers, ended up a little tipsy but it was nice!

...best present ever...

A while back we went to go and visit some family friends of Wollie's parents. They phoned us in the first week we were here and wanted us to come over for coffee and to look at some stuff they wanted to throw away. So eventually we made our way there to have a look at what they had. When we got there Wollie and me did a happy dance cause the stuff was amazeballs. They are moving into a bigger and better place and needed to get rid of some furniture, and as you know...we NEED furniture, so we scored a massive wall unit, 4 dining room chairs and a little mirror cupboard thing...best thing is, we got it all for free, didn't have to pay, trade or offer anything.
Yesterday was a public holiday, so we took the time to move it. It was a miserable rainy day and we had to hire a moving van as we don't have a car, but everything went well.  Now we have some furniture, our TV is no longer in our bedroom, my computer no longer on the floor and we are 2 very very happy people.

Thanks Volker family...you truly made our year.

Setting it all up...bigger than we expected.

and tadaa...we have a stunning wall with all our stuff in it.

...walking is good for the soul...

Last night Wollie and me stuffed ourselves with some homemade curry and afterwards we felt like going for a digestive walk. So off we went at about 8.30 for a nice stroll around our neighborhood. We walked down Prinzregentenstr and at the end of the road is this massive monument called the 'Friedensengel', or the Angel of Peace. It is such a pretty sight. It is part of the Maximilian Park and is a big square monument, with a small temple at the bottom showing the portraits of the German Emperors and a 38 meters high Corinthian style column, with a statue of the angel of peace at the top. Two staircases lead to the observation deck and the road circles around it. Probably one of the prettiest roads in Munich with green trees and parks all around. The people were sitting on the monument drinking beers and having picnic watching the sunset. Love it.

All around Munich are walk- and bicycle ways which runs along the Isar river and just under the monument is a bridge for the cyclists with the coolest graffiti.

...totally forgot to add these pics...

On Sunday we had the weirdest weather, first it was sunny, then a light drizzle, then as we left the house there was a massive cloud burst with hail (me and peter were trying to find shelter under a bridge) and later it was sunny again. That is why the people say Europe has all seasons in one day...it was crazy. We went to the Neue Pinakothek to check educate our brains a little.

Saw some really great stuff, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin amongst others.

After educating ourselves we fed ourselves and had some amazing cheesecake and coffee at this cute little coffee shop, Cafe Hölzl, in Maxvorstadt. 

An inspiring little coffee shop.