This morning we woke up to absolute pouring rain! Vince and I had breakfast at the hotel, then I dropped him off at the convention center where he was attending a trade show and meeting with the Bavarian Commerce Authority. He had a few specific meetings scheduled, which I knew would take a few hours. I planned to head into Munich and do some exploring while he was working, as well as find a bank to do some currency exchange. Since all the banks were closed yesterday, we didn't have a chance to get euros.
I headed to what looked like the financial district, and it had a ton of high end shops in it too. It was too early for most of them to be open, but found a cute cafe that sold some beautiful chocolates that I had to buy (and try). I found a bank and did my currency exchange...and walked across the street, to stumble upon a statue covered in flowers and signs. I walked over to check it out and realized that it was a Michael Jackson memorial. The hotel across the street is one where he stayed in before so when he died, people started bringing memorabilia here, and it has grown and grown since then. I had heard about it before in my Munich city research, but had no idea where it was and wasn't looking for it. Pretty unique for sure!!
After admiring the scene (and I was the only one there), I took a walk thru a park - Munich is FILLED with city parks!! It was gorgeous, and sprinkling, and breezy and cold. I LOVED it. The leaves were a million different colors, and falling as I walked. I felt like I was in a dream.
After a couple hours exploring, I decided I better make my way back out of town to the convention center to pick up Vince. Next we are headed to Ramstein Air Base to meet up with Mark and Larry!
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