We live not far from Olympic Park but managed not to get here for a visit, until today. Have walked…read moreby it a few times and looked good from above and we decided to descend into the festival valley to check it out. It's a fabulous festival with loads of beer tents, food shops, stages for gigs and all sorts of shops selling jewelery, packaged food products, musical instruments and so on. On a nice day this place is busy as it was tonight. Loads of great bands and acts come here to entertain audiences and there are also a lot of free concerts and acts on . In terms of food choice there is plenty and you could spend a whole evening just eating and drinking your way through the place. There are also a number of cocktail bars and coffee shops. Spent a bit of time in the Delhi tent and it was extremely lively and loads of people dancing and having a good time. This was also my favourite as it was colorful and lively with loads of dancing and Punjabi music. I had some Rosemary potatoes, onion pakoras, Lahmucan and frozen yogurt and the quality was quite good. I just wanted do keep ploughing through the food tents one by one. It all looked great. Many of the food stalls had huge queues so be patient. Munich does festivals brilliantly and this is no exceptions. This is certainly an annual event we will happily come back to.

Fun fun fun till the end of the day!!! Bio-Öko-Toller Ort!!!…read more This year was already two times there. Despite the special bus, it is not so simple to get there with the public transport, given that most people will need at least 2 connections and the special bus, which is always really full. But, once you get there, this really does not matter. :D There is really a lot to do there: eat great food from around the world, drink glamorous cocktails, shop quality fair-trade products for you and for your house, go to a music concert, and even dance at the Tanzbar. Since I am crazy about Indian food, I went straight to the Tandoori booth. There you can order a Thali, Choras, Chicken Curry, etc. together with a delicious Naan bread made in the tandoori oven on site. Naan made in the tandoori oven is way much better than the ones made in a frying pan. A must is the fresh coconut which you can drink the water and afterwards eat the pulp. And there is even a Schwäbischer burger a.k.a. Maultaschen burger. I have to try it! Yesterday at the Tanzbar there was even a Brazilian Forró show where everyone could join, listen to the music, and dance Forró, a typical Brazilian couples dance. Wow! A lot to eat, a lot to shop, a lot of people to meet, a lot to do... Tollwood once again, why not?!

As far as aviation museums go, this one is stunning ! It is an adjunct of the very famous…read moreDeutsches Museum of Technology closer to downtown Munich. No doubt about it, the Flugwerft Schleissheim museum is a fantastic aviation museum in its own right. Entry to the museum involves parting with a few Euros, 6 or 8, but the value is outstanding. There is an elevated walkway from which you can view a magnificently restored and suspended Heinkel bomber, only 2 meters away, in full flight. Other exhibits are far too numerous to mention, but they range from one-of-a-kind aircraft to several fine examples of American-manufactured planes in Luftwaffe livery, a sight to behold for aviation fanatics like me. There is no way to take in this museum in only a few hours, so plan on the better part of a day to enjoy it. The on-going restoration area is off-limits, for obvious reasons, but can be viewed from the elevated walkway. There is also a small coffee shop for snacks and a caffeine jolt, not that you will need one, after being energized by the exhibits. A full inventory listing and description go exhibits can be found on the official website:www.deutsches-museum.de/flugwerft. It's a little hard to find, and you must rely on your navigation unit or a local resident to help you find this unassuming building. However, once inside, it becomes world class. If you are an aviation enthusiast, do not miss this museum while visiting Munich.

Beautiful restaurant, kids play area, 3 display planes (Junkers JU-52, DC 3, Lockheed Super…read moreConstellation), viewing platform, small airport museum with interactive instruments (for young and old, entrance free), and souvenir shop (with many cool children's toys). The overall experience is pleasant. The only thing that I didn't like was the service. But could be just that person. It is possible to walk to and from the main terminal 1200 meters, or there is an S-Bahn (train) station very close, and there is a big car park (1.50 up to two hours, 3 euro up to 6 hours, maximum parking time 24 hours). Restaurant: All food is between about 7.50 and 10.00 euro. Curry wurst with french fries, salad with chicken peaces, hamburger with french fries etc. Pretty expensive, but I think a little cheaper than at the airport terminal.

This museum is so strange - it was free which is the only reason I'm giving two stars instead of…read moreone. But the whole time we were so confused on what the point of the museum was. The typically Munich exhibit made no sense and seemed a strange contrast to the Jewish exhibit across the plaza. And then after being there for an hour a docent yelled at us for our bag being too big so we just took it as a sign to leave. Overall I'd never recommend this museum

After a disappointing visit to the Jewish Museum I went to Stadtmuseum which is across the…read morestreet(they have deals where I believe certain museums are 50% off if you show a receipt). I paid extra for the exhibit on art that the Nazis stole from Jews. Didn't pay for an audioguide as the English translations were pretty good in the sense that most displays did have translations. Mixed experience. To start let's be honest, you probably just came to see Nazi stuff (I know I did). The exhibit on Nazism in Munich was excellent. It was specific to Munich without essentially telling me why the Holocaust started, who the Nazis were, etc (basically what every standard museum on the topic discusses). I will give Germany credit that their city museums really do a good job at discussing that particular city's role in the worst, disgusting part of Germany's history. I read everything there. The exhibit on stolen on was fairly good as well.Part of it was a little dry, but toward the end of the exhibit, they gave bios of the Jewish families who had their art stolen and about their descendants (if any...). They also (this was sad to see them not actually discuss) didn't really talk about how the German government was making it very difficult for Jews to claim back art that was theirs or belonged to their family (similar to Woman in Gold which was in Austria...not much different). Something fascinating to know that this actual museum was a collaborator in Nazi Germany in the sense that they were on board with stealing art and worked alongside Nazis. The exhibit did not hide that. Locker room was clean and modern. Bathrooms were fairly clean as well. There were 2 gift shops. One was more like an antique shop, and the other had extremely overpriced fun souvenirs like dachshund notepads with them wearing lederhosen (came close to buying but couldn't see myself spending a lot of $ on a notepad lol...). The workers here were awful. I was told in an exhibit that didn't have a no photographs sign that I couldn't take photos so I said no problem and stopped. That guy (Indian guy I believe) kept following me throughout the exhibit as I was taking notes on my Ipad since photos were not allowed). I saw him later whisper to another worker something and sure enough they followed me a little bit too. When I was done at the museum, I went back to the lobby to check the time of my train on my phone. (Note they say that they have free WIFI but they don't have the password displayed so you do have to ask them for it). The woman working the register yelled at me no photos.THIS WAS IN THE LOBBY THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DISPLAYED WHATSOEVER!!! The worst part is, I didn't take a photo as there was nothing to take a photo of. When she yelled at me I showed her that I was on the Bahn app. No apology....she just looked embarrassed. The Germans have a thing with photos...probably because they don't want evidence. In any event well worth a visit.