Munich Bike Tour

Tuesday,  April 30, 2024

Munich Small Group Bike Tour

We got up at 6am feeling well rested and much refreshed. We went downstairs to a fabulous breakfast! 

After breakfast,  we walked to the location where the bike Tour will start.  Since we were plenty earlier, we decided to go for a walk.  We saw some interesting looking church spires and went in search.

This is a very beautiful church. We stepped inside and found that there was a service going on.  The sound from the responsive reading sounded really nice.  There is an 30 minute organ concert every Wednesday afternoon that I would love to hear,  but we have other plans. I later learned that the spires from this church survived the bombings of World War 2. 

After this, we headed back to the bike Tour location. We walked 2.5 miles on a very pleasant morning  (65 degrees). 

At 10, we met up with the bike tour. There were 15 people from Netherlands,  Holland, Denmark, Poland, Australia, Portugal, and only Dottie and I were from the US on this English speaking tour.  Dottie and I and the 3 year old girl were the only ones who chose to wear helmets... and the little girl ditched hers half way through. The city bikes were kind of wobbly, but they worked well enough for this 8 mile tour. It was a nice way to see a good section of the city, and our guide shared a lot of history with us.  

Here are some pages from history... 

Our second stop was Feldernhalle. 

Next, we rode to and through Englischer Garten. It is the world's largest park within a city.  

There are man-made waves to support the river surfers... 

We ended the tour with 8 miles around 1pm. We stopped for a few groceries for lunch tomorrow then back to the hotel for a short rest. In the evening,  we went for another short walk, then grabbed a delicious sandwich.