Munich; Saturday, 20 December, 2014

A long lie-in and a large breakfast meant that by the time I finally left the hotel and started to make a move towards the city it was already long gone 11am.

I headed for the city centre to the Marienplatz and arrived just in time to take in the midday performance of the town hall tower clock.

I had a long wander around the Christmas market in the Marienplatz and surrounding streets before hopping onto the U-Bahn out to Theresienwiese, the site of the Oktoberfest and quite a substantial Christmas market.

I spent quite a bit of time at that Christmas Market, but was amazed that despite its size it was still dwarfed by the part of the site that isn’t in use, with the vast footprints of the where the beerhalls are placed during Oktoberfest quite difficult to comprehend, even for someone who has attended the annual booze-up.

Having taken in the statue of Bavaria located off of the edge of the grounds I headed back into town and did a bit more wandering around taking in the various Christmas markets and just meandering around the centre of Munich, taking the opportunity to top-up my still full stomach with the odd Bratwurst and Glühwein.

Eventually, slightly knackered from all the walking, I headed back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.