Munich Notes:
I was feeling slightly dejected when Friday evening’s weather report forecast snow on Saturday. Fortunately, the only sign of snow on Saturday morning was an overcast sky. Good enough for me.
After another great breakfast at the hotel (breakfast was just about the only thing the Munich Marriot’s kitchen did right), I grabbed a cab to the BMW Museum. Apart from “4-cylinder” BMW building, and one or two interesting displays, the museum really isn’t all that. At any rate, it was only €2 to get in.
Munich’s 289m high Olympic Tower is impossible to miss when standing outside the BMW building. Getting there is an easy five minute walk. Entrance is only €3 and will take you 185m up the tower to the observation decks. Inside the elevator, a display shows your altitude and rate of climb/descent depending on whether you’re going up or down. In either case, you’re travelling at 7 m/s for the greater part of the 30-second ride.
Climbing a further 4m of steps to the top outdoor observation deck, I looked kinda silly with my sunglasses on in the overcast weather, but it was all I could do to keep my eyes from being blow away by the wind. A great panorama of the city, well worth taking the time to visit. I can only imagine the magnificence of being able to see all the way to the Alps on clear days!
