I had the good fortune to spend 28 hours in Munich at the beginning of the week. I was promptly informed that Munich is now the most ‘liveable’ city in the world (I could not find validation).

Although my stay was short, I was left with a few impressions:

• Very clean place. Amazing airport – not like Frankfurt, that is for sure.
• Quite a pretty city. They had this HUGE Christmas tree in the main square that was spectacular and in the European tradition, huts all over town selling mulled wine. Very festive feeling.
• It was cold like Canada. But you have to love a temperature in the winter that hovers around 0C and is an hour and a half drive to the Alps. I liked the prices of thing too … London is so expensive.
• Usually when I am in a city I just cab it. It is €15 for a cab downtown where I was meeting a friend versus €5 for the subway. So I ventured out and quite enjoyed it. Like the airport, clean, efficient … German. What I really liked was the retro ‘70’s decor in the subway. Reminded me of a bungalow from my childhood.

Cool city. Next time I will stay for 36 hours.