Anywhooo, everyone was always talking about "the surfing place" on the Isar River, which winds through the Englischer Garten, so we went on a Sunday afternoon to check it out. I was picturing an actual establishment on the river, like one of those indoor wave pools or whatever, but that's not it at all.
Where the Englischer Garten starts there is a mainish road that the river flows under, and when it comes out of the tunnel under the road it makes a wave, which people then surf on. It's actually kind of frightening. Because the river is flowing so fast in that section and it's pretty narrow, I kept thinking the guys were going to hit their heads when they fell, but they were all pretty decent surfers and no one wiped out too hard. I'm not really sure how they learned to surf, it didn't seem all that beginner friendly, but it looked like fun. I took a few videos, but I'm having technical difficulties uploading them :( basically the surfers just took turns jumping off the levee onto the wave and surfed back and forth a few times, then let the next guy in line go.
There's also a Japanese tea garden that we tried to go to, but it was closed :( so we just meandered around and took in the beautiful autumn scenery.
After meandering around for a bit, we wandered down the street to the Hofgarten (mostly by accident).
The yellowish towers in the background of the last two photos are the Theatinerkirche, that really majestic all white church that we stumbled into before Oktoberfest. The garden ends at Odeonsplatz, where the church is, and there was a band complete with grand piano and cello playing a mini concert on the corner :)
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