We jumped on our California Cruzers and hit the town passing through Hofgarten, Odeonsplatz, and lunch in the English gardens. From all the places I’ve been in Europe, the Odeonsplatz quadrant of Munich is one of the best representations of Baroque, Neoclassical, and Rodocco architecture.

A must see is the Residenz and interior of the Theatinerkirche. Also, the Hofgarten’s adjacency to the Konzlei and elevated Northern position in the city gives a great vantage point for snapping a few pictures of downtown Munich.

The tour also stopped in the English Garden where we ate like kings! Liters of Wiesen beer, half a grilled chicken with honey glaze, and a plate full of potato wedges. After finishing lunch, the afternoon took an interesting turn.
We all jumped back on our Cali cruzers and began navigating our way along the pedestrian walk ways when suddenly an old man wearing nothing but hiking boots passed me on the right. At first I thought I was losing it, but when I looked out into the meadow everyone was naked. The guide started laughing and gave a brief explanation of how this meadow never escaped the 70’s peace, love, harmony movement. Then, the next stop was one of my favorites where locals used surf boards to catch a 3 foot roller. It reminded me of the boogie bahn at schlitterbahn except free! I’ll definitely be hitting this place next time with board shorts.

Looking back, I’m now convinced that Munich has much more to offer than the beer gardens and I would highly recommend Mikes Bike tour. I think next time I’ll try the BMW museum. Fingers and toes crossed that they will let me do a test drive!

So we headed downtown Milan to party once more before our long trip. Lolapaluzua style! Girls jumping on the bar, old men scaring Natasa, and just a grand ol time!

note: Stevo and I were trying to sing in this picture as loud as possible… it sounded good!

Then we made the 14 hour drive to Prague… The peanut gallery in the back got some sleep while the fearless road leaders charged on!

As we passed through the alps, we didn’t necessary take the fasted route but it gave me a chance to practice my S turns, while making Natasa and Brandon Nauseated… sorry guys!

Another interesting spot was the German Autobahn… no kidding, speed limits are only suggested. Stevo maxed the Picasso out at 115… we noticed excessive vibrations coming from the rear so we backed off… all the mean while flagship beamers where sailing past us like the tortoise and hare.

Ok so we arrived in Prague around 2:00 AM and Stevo and I went out for a beer. When we came back around 5:00 AM we passed out only to be woken up around 7:30 by the crash of something outside our door. Then, the door opened! NATASA! She had woken up in the middle of the night and the food she had eaten the night before most have been poisoned or something because she was in some serious pain. Stevo and I were a little freaked out at first but once we made her chug some water everything was good to go.

THEN NEW YEARS!

What do you get when you mix beer, fireworks, and no rules?

video to come early next week….