In June 2022 I had the chance to spend 3 days in Munich while preparing for the Doist retreat. Unfortunately, I was not feeling well in the second day of the trip, so it was mostly 2 working days, but I enjoyed it.

It was interesting to see how Germans are totally fine on doing topless or changing in public places. Not in the street, but close to the river, for example.

To me, it was quite unexpected to see people using the river in the same way as we use a beach in Brazil. I had the chance to be there in a holiday, so there was a bunch of people there just enjoying life, drinking beer, etc.

I also met a friend who is living in Berlin for some years, and it was an amazing conversation on how Munich is different from Berlin. :)

Stay

I stayed in the Hilton Munich City, which was quite nice, but was paid by the company and it’s hard to recommend it without really understanding the cost and benefit. Without considering the cost, it was a great experience.

Things to do

As usual, I did a walking tour with a guide and had the chance to walk around the city center and listen to some stories. It was great to see the medieval Munich and where the walls were in the past.

It was nice to see how some buildings in Munich would ressemble some famous ones available in Florence, as I had plans to go there one week after.

BMW Museum

I quite enjoyed the place. A lot of good information about how BMW started and many engines to see. I was quite surprised to know that BMW started as an airplane engines company and then moved to cars.

The whole context of BMW in the world wars was also something I enjoyed reading about.

I’m not very into cars, but if you like it, it will be a delight to see so many models there. I quite enjoyed seeing motorcycles and airplane engines, tho.

It was amazing to understand how an airplane combustion engine works. I got the full picture by looking at one that was cut out, and you could see the internals. I was not aware of the way they did to open the valves. 🤓

Food & drinks

I went to a Biergarten which was quite traditional in Munich.

• Leo’s lounge restaurant bar - Had a common German lunch there and it was good. As usual, I’m wrinting this at least one year after and I have no idea what it was, but the experience was good.
• I got ate a Döner kebab for the first time. A friend of mine is muslim and was looking for Halal food, so I went with him in a very small Turkish restaurant and we got a Döner kebab. I liked it.
• Herrschaftszeiten - Das Paulaner im Tal - When with people from work and we had a great time there. It’s a traditional bavarian restaurant.