Munich | Ray and Shelley's Retirement Adventures

We took a walking tour through Munich. The tour guide “Steve” was extremely knowledgeable on world war 2 history and the tour focused on WWII.

Our tour guide Steve explaining sites in Munich

We walked along the streets looking at some of the buildings which were used by the Nazi Regime. There were a few interesting ones that stood out.

This Art Museum was originally Hitler’s personal shrine that condemned “Degenerate art” and he held an exhibition in July 1937 called “The Great German Art Exhibition”.

The corridor along the exterior of the Museum with large pillars

This building was designed by Paul Ludwig Troost and it is considered to be the first monumental example of Nazi architecture.

This is the only building in Munich which still has swastikas visible on the building.

Ceiling on exterior corridor of the Museum

At first, they are not noticeable but after a closer look, they are clearly visible.

Tiles in ceiling corridor of Museum with swastika pattern

We walked through several areas where the Nazi Regime confiscated buildings and converted them for their own use.

The Gestapo headquarters was destroyed during WWII. The new building on that location has a small monument and display identifying the history of the building location.

Location of original Gestapo headquarters in Munich

We walked a fair amount during the tour and eventually arrived in the Marienplatz in the center of Munich at the Rathaus-Glockenspiel.

The Rathaus-Glockenspiel in Marienplatz Munich

Our final stop was near the Hofbrauhaus, a beer hall. This was where Hitler started speaking in October of 1919 and eventually founded the SS in the basement.

The tour was enjoyable and we saw some historic buildings and monuments along the way.

“Auf wiedersehen und einen schonen tag”

We took a trip to Munich, Germany to explore some of the sites. In particular we want to visit Second World War sites and points of interest.

We started our day early flying out of Alicante at 6:30 am. We had a short stop over in Madrid and then off to Munich, Germany. We landed in Munich with no issues.

Ray, Anne, Shelley and Jim at Munich airport

We took the train to get to the centre area of Munich. The train system was easy to figure out and we managed to get the train. We arrived at the central station.

The train from Airport to central Munich

It was an easy walk to our hotel from the central station. We found our hotel with no problems at all. We were impressed by the hotel Uhland, which was very well located in Munich.

After checking in and unpacking, we decided to head out and get something to eat. The hotel clerk recommended a restaurant near the hotel called “Lenz”. We headed out to try the restaurant and have a traditional German meal. It was only a short walk from our hotel to the restaurant, which looked very nice.

German restaurant in Munich with traditional German meals

We found a great spot on the outside patio and settled in for a nice meal.

Shelley, Jim, Anne and Ray at Lenz restaurant

We had a great German meal with a roast pork in a beer gravy with potato dumplings. It was the very delicious and a great way to start out Munich trip.