July 10, 2022

This morning we took the hour-long high-speed train from Nuremberg to Munich, where we were reunited with our son. We had a cup of coffee in a neighborhood coffee shop and then headed to the Munich central square, just in time for Rathaus-Glockenspiel to chime at noon. Many people watched the clock show lasting more than ten minutes, which was the best we had seen on this European trip.

After the show, we tried to find a place for lunch, but most restaurants were packed. We walked around the area and found a relatively high-end restaurant with many empty seats. We decided to give it a try, but it turned out that the food was not as good as we expected for the price. Maybe that's why nobody dines there. We ordered a sausage salad, and we thought it was a few pieces of sausage in the salad, like chicken salad. We didn't expect the whole plate to be full of sausages with salad dressing. The lamb dish and fish&chip were pretty good, just too expensive.

After lunch, we strolled around the central square and visited a few tourist attractions. Since it was the weekend, the area was crowded with tourists and locals. We left the main square and went to the English Garden. The park was vast and beautiful, with many people walking, biking, and sitting on the benches or grass. We walked across the park to the Munich Royal Palace. Since it was late afternoon and we didn't have enough time to visit the palace, we had our coffee break at the café nearby before we caught a train returning to Nuremberg.

For dinner, we took our son back to the same restaurant we had Nuremberg Sausage before. Besides the tasty sausages, we also ordered beef tongue this time, which was very good. The music festival was over, and most musicians had already left town. Compared to last night's live music and crowds, the old town was much quieter and empty tonight.

欧洲游第五十一天：今天一早从纽伦堡坐一小时的高铁到慕尼黑，与儿子在那里再次团聚。先去了他们的中央广场，正好赶上午时钟楼准时敲钟，这次钟楼雕像秀前前后后持续十分钟，算是这次欧洲行中看到的最好的。中午在附近找了一家算是比较高挡次的餐厅，但味道并不怎么样，要了个香肠色拉，想是生菜里放点香肠，没想到整盘全是香肠，放了点色拉酱。饭后去了英式公园，从那里走到慕尼黑皇宫，也没时间进去参观，就在旁边喝上一杯咖啡就匆匆赶回火车站回纽伦堡，慕尼黑算是到此一游。晚餐让儿子尝尝纽伦堡香肠，另外试了牛舌头，还不错。与昨晚上人山人海相比，今晚的纽伦堡游客寥寥无几，安静多了。