Now in Munich

We must thank our friends, Eveliina and Petteri, and their extended family for hosting us at Kangasala. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all.

We are now in Munich. During the first afternoon here we did a tour which showd sites where the Third Reich and German resistance were active in the city. It was very appropriate for Steven as he had studied the origins of the second world war last year in history. It was a walking tour and we covered a large part of the city from the early stages of the Nazi party through to the party headquarters.

Yesterday we visited Nymphenberg palace which is a large palace and grounds which were built by Max Emanuel in 1664. The grounds were wonderful to stroll around. Maniqured flower beds and hedges and fountains then small forest areas.

We then visited the BMW car world and museum. Steven was fascinated by the displays of cars and dispalys. Ian was more interested in the architecture of the buildings. There were opportunities to test drive a new BMW car, but with all of the traffic on the roads, we didnt take up that opportunity.
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We returned to the city through the English garden and stumbled across a beer garden, complete with bavarian band. Lovely food, and lots of beer being drunk.

Our accomodation here in Munich is a pension just acros the road from the train station. It is very comfortable, but just outside our room is a crazy intersection with 6 roads meeting, 6 tram lines and a bus tour company. At night it has been reasonably quiet, but now (10am) it is rather busy.

Steven left our tour last night to return to NZ, so now there is just Ian and Raewyn left to visit Switzerland, land of fondu and mountains! We travel by train this afternoon to a small town called Chur for 2 nights before a short trip to Flims where the Swiss orienteering week will be held.

Angela is competing at Oringen in Sweden before heading back to Waikato Uni. She is doing very well in the competition, placing 22nd on the first day, then 27th, and 9th yesterday, making her 17th overall out of 83 competitors in womens 20 elite.