Europe Trip Day 4: Rhine Valley-Heidelberg-Munich

After gushing about Rhine Valley in my previous post, here's how it actually looks like in the daytime..

pretty pretty pretty~

After breakfast, we were off to Heidelberg.. A place somewhere in Germany to see the ruins of Heidelberg Castle..

Before climbing up the hill to the castle~

Never seen anything like these before~

we climbed and climbed lots and lots and lots of steps.. 314 in fact.. before reaching the top..


Our reward was a fantastic view of the old city~

Heidelberg castle ruins

The ruins look like cardboard props.. haha..

I overheard a tourist guide telling a story abt this keyhole, that the castle's gardens were built in a hurry overnight, and in the dark, the builders made the keyhole upside-down.. I don't quite believe that.. but it could be true.. O.o..

One day, i may finally afford this cool souvenir~ :)

With Carline on some street in Heidelberg town~

Church of the holy spirit

Church interior~

I learnt a German word that day.. hehe..

Lunch!

Group photo before leaving Heidelberg, can see the old bridge in the background~

That same afternoon, we left Heidelberg and rushed off to Munich to be in time for dinner~

Landmark in Munich

Its the BMW headquarters! :)

Taken outside Olympiapark~

Triumphal Arch, Munich

Next stop was Marienplatz, the main square in Munich~

Want to guess what building is this?

Its actually the city hall.. The German government must value aesthetics very much.. :)

Time for dinner at a beer garden called Hofbrauhaus am Platzl.. where we had our German sausage meal :D

The famous HB logo~

Cute menu~

Hofbrau Original, Yeah!

Giant, giant mug jug of beer.. :)

This is just one side of the table.. 5 of us shared the beer, and we still failed to finish it.. >.<
The locals were having one beer per person.. we pretty much failed lah..

I had the 4 home-made fried pork sausages..
and they forgot my order.. why does this always happen to me?! :(

After an exceptionally long wait~

Our bill~~

I loved the interior of the place very very much!! It was unbelievable how huge the place was.. and it was packed.. Packed the whole time we were there.. which was about an hour..

famous beer must be locked up..

Outside, the beer garden..

We all love HB~~ :)

That night, we stayed in Comfort Hotel, Munich, which was my most favourite hotel among all those we stayed at during the whole 2 weeks.. The facilities were so good that they even provided breath mints on the pillows for people with morning breath.. haha.. not to mention wireless access in the room itself.. Wish there were Comfort Hotels in every place we went to... sigh~