Munich Underground Visit
Munich Underground Visit Just before the end of the Bavarian school holidays we organised a visit to the Munich sewers. We expected that there would be lots of parents anxious to see their kids out of the way for an hour or two. Instead of children, eight adults turned up who, with a guide from the Munich City Drainage Department ( Münchner Stadtentwässerung ), descended into the depths. The previous night it had rained so heavily that the water in the Munich sewer was too high to receive visitors. Fortunately, the guide had an alternative in mind. In Schwabing we descended into the " Jägerkanal ", built by British engineers in the 19th century under the direction of Max von Pettenkofer . The original bricks were still in good condition, apart from the odd bit of repaired bomb damage. By the…