Germany: Olympic Park, May 11 Part 2

After a great afternoon in Rothenburg, we hit the road again, and with the help of Mr. T, easily found our way into Munich. I was excited about visiting Munich because I wanted to see Olympic Park, among other things, so we felt this would be a good place to start.

We found a hotel, checked in, and then headed to the train station. We hopped a train across town to Olympic Park. As we departed the train, I noticed a great deal of people walking toward the park who looked like they were attending a rock concert. Just as I was saying to Brandon, "Um, I think there might be a concert here tonight," a large line of serious fans wearing KISS ARMY shirts were walking toward us. Brandon was immediately intrigued, and we did in fact confirm a KISS concert was on schedule in just a few hours. In fact, it was KISSMANIA, and had we known, we could have painted our faces and got into the concert free. Too funny, I tell you.

We also caught the very extreme end of a Nissan-sponsored dirt bike competition. Olympic Park is a rockin' place.

Anyway, since I didn't feel like spending 70 Euro on scalped tickets (I think Brandon is still upset about this), we played tourist and checked out the Olympic Park sites. Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, which are sadly remembered for the fact that 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists, which is referred to as the Munich Massacre. Sadly, it's history, and as Germany well knows, we can't forget the past.



Olympic Park is pretty amazing. There is an awesome tower, which we took to the top for outstanding views of the Olympic facilities, the city of Munich, the BMW headquarters, and the Alps in the distance. It was pretty frigid at the top of the tower because the sun was setting, but the views were amazing.





This is a photo of Olympic Stadium, where soccer is obviously held. The stadium is still used today for local soccer games. Pretty awesome view of the stadium field.



One of my favorite parts atop the tower was this sign: DANGER TO LIFE. Not just danger, but danger to life. BEWARE TOURISTS.



Olympic Park lived up to the hype, and since I am a huge Summer Olympics fan, it was really a great experience for me to see the facilities. First stop in Munich was definitely a winner!