Near the city center of Munich is a huge park called the English Garden, and as the Sunday morning weather was beautiful we decided to take a stroll. Imagine my surprise when we passed a huge, open, grassy area and Rosie informed me that it is a place to sunbathe in the nude. There were already a number of people sprawled on the grass in full view of any passerby who wished to look. I don't ever remember being in a city center which allowed nudity.
The park however had another surprise feature. At one point, the river Isar which begins in Austria and has an extremely strong current, rushes out from a low stone bridge and hits underwater boulders causing powerful waves, one after the other. At their own risk, a group of surfers have made these waves their challenge, and unlike riding one wave in as they do at the beach, they surf quickly back and forth between two stone walls without hesitating as each wave is quickly replaced by another. I am sure it is an adrenalin rush, but it has proven deadly for some, and local surfers tell beginners to go find some other way to kill themselves.
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