Munich, Germany

Our second trip to Munich focused on visiting the city's attractions that we had completely missed out on the first time around when we were preoccupied with attending the Oktoberfest beer festival. 

We also used this trip to tick off a number of other 'to do list' items - including the castle of Neuschwanstein - the inspiration for Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle; and the Munich Residenz - former royal palace that has a treasury of jewels and artwork that rivals anything we have seen in Europe.

Oktoberfest - Munich

Munich Oktoberfest 2011 was quite an experience, made better because we had a group of friends to enjoy the festival with.
Great beer, yummy food, awesome drinking companions, party atmosphere  - this trip was memorable in many ways.
But some 'interesting' times on the plane both to and from London, witnessing some 'hard-line' police tactics on the streets of Munich and standing for a good 5 hours early on a Saturday morning to mind a table just to get access to beer - well at least all the good points counterbalanced the bad.