Munich; Tuesday, 23 December, 2014

Breakfast completed and checked out of the hotel I headed into town to deposit my luggage in the lockers at the Ostbahnhof and then head on into the city centre. Of course with a late breakfast and pushing checkout to the limit it was rapidly heading towards 1 before I finally made it into town.

First stop of the morning was the Glyptothek a museum housing a fine collection of Greek and Roman statues, marbles and busts. There is quite a lot on display, including one hall which is almost completely filled with Roman Portrait busts, which when you first enter looks a little creepy.

I headed back in to town walking back via the Old Botanical Gardens, which just appears to be a city centre park with a very large fountain (and a very large bierhaus) and not much else.

I hopped on the U-Bahn back out to Theresienwiese to have another look around that Christmas market, and also to get a spot of lunch.

With quite a bit of time to fill, and not much to do, I hopped on the tram out to the suburb of Grünwald which is located on the banks of the Isar River and has an impressive castle dominating the high ground over the river. Sadly, by the time I arrived there was insufficient time to see the castle, so after a quick couple of shots from the stunning bridge across the river I headed back into town and down to the Odeonplatz to have a bit of a wander round the Residenz grounds before heading back over to the Rathaus for a final Bratwurst and Mulled wine of the trip.

Sated with sausage I headed back over to Ostbahnhof to pick up my luggage and headed out to the airport to start the journey home.