Europe Trip: Day 8, May 28th

As soon as I made it downtown I headed straight for St. Peter's, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that it only cost 1 Euro to get access to the top. 300 stairs later I reached the top and had a good view of the city center.



I grabbed something to eat and then took the U-bahn to Olympic Park. As soon as you exit the subway and get above ground you see a strange, modern-looking building -- that is the BMW museum. My student card got me in at half price (6 euros instead of 12). My favorite thing in the museum was the WWII military-issue motorcycles complete with a sidecar, which is exactly like Indiana Jones! I could see Harrison Ford and Sean Connery riding around in it.



My host had mentioned this 'exhibit' that is only in Munich for a few months, it is all about Tutankamen and the archeologist who uncovered the tomb. So after exiting the BMW museum I started following the signs to the Event Center. The walk took me all through Olympia Park, past the buildings created specifically for the Munich games. The walk was quite far, so I took a break next to a river that runs through the park. Eventually I reached the exhibit and it was quite fascinating, although about as far from 'Munich' as you can get.

I made my way back to my host's place, going one bus stop too far. As I walked back up the street I ran into Robert at the correct stop, which was surprising since we weren't supposed to meet for another hour.

That night I just took it easy and we ordered pizza from an Italian restaurant. The pizzas over here have a very thin crust, similar to Guido's in Boise.

The plan for the next day was to visit Dachau, which promised to be a much more serious day than my vacation had provided so far...