France & Germany! Day 8: Munich, Museum Once More

I duno why we had so much laundry to do but we did laundry again in the morning. We woke up at 6am to the laundromat. One of the things that I decided to do while waiting for the wash cycle was a HiiT session. It was perfect - the laundromat was heated, there was plenty of space and I didn’t have to worry about disturbing neighbours. I just look very funny to whoever was looking at the CCTV, or the persons who walked/ drove past the laundromat.

 

Done with my HiiT. Happy! 

The laundromat has super powerful dryers. Just 20 mins and everything was dry and warm.

While waiting for the dryer to do its work, there was a homeless man who came in to seek some warmth and ended up chatting with Daddy Lim for 10 mins, bcos that was how long it took for the dryer. It was a sob story; some migrant worker who came to Munich 10 years ago and ended up in the current state. While he said that he wasn’t asking for money and that he was the most positive man on earth, he eventually took the lose change (probably amounted to like 5 euros) that we gave to him. What a morning. 

It was drizzling and we had to rush home in the cold without my thermals bcos it didn’t make sense to wear thermal for HiiT. It was that morning that I realised that the mall beside our accommodation has a supermarket and H&M and all. Unfortunately, no time to explore. We grabbed pastry for bfast and rushed home. 

We had a train to catch to Munich in the morning and had to take a tram to the station. No German, no problem, we have ah Yee, who managed to help us get bus tickets on her VSS app, which managed to google translate to English. Apparently, the problem is with iPhones. 

Despite the pastries for bfast, we grabbed more pastries for the 1.5 hrs ride. 

We were constantly eating on the trip. Ah Yee said that she had lost 1kg in the days that we were in Paris as she was moving around a lot more to take care of us. Oh yes, we were very well taken care of. For us, it was probably the opposite and I dreaded to step on the scale when we are back. Hoho. Eat 1st, worry later. 

The kids were playing cards/ games with Athena and munching on snacks. 

Bye bye Stuttgart. 

Hello Munich!

Our accommodation was a 5 mins walk from the train station but checkin was available only at 5pm and luggage cannot be dropped off prior. We used the train station lockers and there were plenty of them. This time, it cost us 6 euros per lockers. 

1st stop - lunch. Ah Yee found us a German food restaurant. Whenever traveling, I rarely googled on food, opting to eat whatever comes out way. Ah Yee helped us to get nice food and bcos it was weekday lunch, we saved $$ by ordering lunch sets.

The food was nicer than the piggy cafe but I generally didn’t find German wow. I was alsmot surprised to not see pig knuckles on both restaurants’ menu. 

Bcos ah yee was around, my freeloader, follow blindly instinct was automatically switched on. The original plan was to go ice skating in one of the pop up outdoor mini rinks. However, ah Yee read lousy reviews and suggested more museums instead. There were 2 - some dinosaur bones, which unfortunately was closed and another Egyptian artifact one. 

We walked by what probably are famous buildings without knowing what they are. They look very magnificent and must be important. 

We found the museum, thanks to ah Yee and Google map. 

We all got bored except for Daddy Lim and Nana. I started playing candy crush. Ah Yee, Athena and Zaky went to the mini cafe, only Daddy Lim and Nana were browsing the display intently. Nana said that it was very interesting.

I don’t know what was so interesting bcos after a while, the displays all look like some broken pieces of something to me. lol. Yes, I am the not cultural one in the family and cannot blame that the kids are not artistic. Hoho. 

There was no agenda for the rest of the day and nobody wanted to roam aimlessly anymore. We sat in the mini cafe and google intently and were choosing between bowling or mini golf. It was the latter and we found one nearby, requiring some bus and tram ride. This time, it was a different app to buy tickets and again Ah Yee to the rescue. 

It was a 9 hole game and supposed to take about 30 to 60 mins. Daddy Lim played with the kids and I thought that they would take longer but were done in 45 mins. 

Then I know why other patrons were taking longer - it was a mini golf and drinking places. The place was full of adults who were chit chatting, drinking and I guessed we all know how long it would take to hit a golf ball into the holes after a couple of drinks. 

The mini golf was the last agenda of the day. We headed back to the train for the luggage and walked to the accommodation about 5 mins away. We then realised that the accommodation is in a neighbourhood of middle easterners. It did feel a little unsafe. 

It was a small apartment with 1 bedroom and 1 attached bathroom. Our family got to use the bedroom while ah Yee and Athena used the sofa bed in the living room. 

Oh yes, we bought lays bcos it was so cheap at 1.99 euro for a big pack. Ah Yee was very surprised that lays cost 4.80 in Sgp and when on promotion somemore. 

Bcos we were in a Middle Easterner neighbourhood, there were many kebab places and we had dinner in one of them. 

While the servings were huge, ah Yee said that they are pricier than normal kebab shops too. Too bad, we entered the 黑店 already. Hoho. 

The rest of the evening were spent lazing in the room and the kids spent time with Athena.

Mummy Lim