Our brief visit to Munich kept us up by the airport this time. We took the kids to the INCREDIBLE Therme Erding, a fantastic indoor and outdoor waterpark. Not super cheap at 32 Euros for a full day (yet, still cheaper than Adventure Island in Tampa which is $55 per day). We got there at just after 10 am and stayed until 9 pm. 11 hours of great fun!
And these were the only two pictures I took. Welcome to the biggest therme in the world.
Good news, folks. You know I love me some superlatives. (What?) The giant orange slide above us is the ending of the WORLD'S LONGEST CLOSED TUBE WATER SLIDE (the Magic Eye). I rode this probably a dozen times, mostly with Grant who loved it. Viel spaß!
Whenever we go to the Munich airport, we always pass this really neat little area that has some airplanes for exploring, an observation deck for watching planes take off and land at MUC, a biergarten and a HUGE playground. So we decided to stop in for a couple of hours on our way home! The zipline was a HUGE hit.
How cute is this playground? Go Grant, go!
One of the airplanes you can explore is this Lufthansa Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation from 1955!
Heading up the stairs to check out the Lufthansa plane.
Can you guys tell me what these are? "Yeah, a place to put your bubble gum!"
OK please be normal for one picture.
OK, you're free to do whatever.
Ma! I found a Delta sticker on a suitcase!
Touching the propeller of the old Lufthansa plane.
Another plane to explore is the Lufthansa Junkers from 1937. It could only fit 14 passengers. Carl August Heinrich Adolf Freiherr von Gablenz became famous for being one of the first people to explore the route to the Middle East on this plane. It was important due to the very high altitude that was required because of the mountains they encountered en route to China via Afghanistan and India.
This was one of the two planes that Carl August and his crew took to China.
I'm not sure this is any less comfortable than the current coach situation on today's airplanes!
The third plane to explore is a Swiss Air Lines Douglas DC-3 from 1946. It held 28-32 passengers.
Evolution of man statues at the airport likely represent how far we have come as a society with the advent of air travel! Or that's my interpretation of it, anyway.
I can't remember how many steps we counted to the top but it was a LOT.
I seriously could have stayed here ALL DAY watching the planes take off and land. I imagine myself traveling with them. Where will we go? What will we see? Are these people happy or sad to be leaving or arriving back in Germany?
Munich airport is the second busiest in Germany, behind Frankfurt. It didn't become operational until 1992. Interestingly, the largest foreign air carrier here is Air Dolomiti! (Admittedly, one of the best low budget airlines I've flown here in Europe!)
It's like a playground of airplanes!
But the airplane playground is next to a real, super cool playground! After we checked out the airplanes, we got a quick lunch before hopping in the car and heading back home.
Until next time, Munich airport and Therme Erding!
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