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AudioTravel
Munich City Guide & Audio TourIf foreign travel is supposed to be fun, why do so many of us have to endure the snooze-inducing, date-laden information that is the stuff of guided tours and history homework?
A couple of years ago, American expat and electrical engineer Dina Hagl thought the same thing. One great idea later, Hagl - a 30-something travel enthusiast who lives in Munich with her German husband, Richard - expeditiously turned the pet peeve into the ultimate audio tour on CD or MP3: AudioTravel.
The concept allows sightseers to be extraordinarily flexible: You can check out a few sites, stop for coffee and cake - or even snap a photo, chat with a travel buddy or buy a souvenir - and resume your tour or end it there and come back another day.
AudioTravel’s accompanying booklet tells you exactly where to go, how to get there and even where to stand for the best view. At each “Viewpoint,� an entertaining voice shares interesting facts and stories - replete with delightful, experience-enhancing music and sound effects - about the sites you see and the culture around you.
Not surprisingly, Hagls and Co. chose their home turf for the first recording. The Munich City Guide is a highly amusing romp through beer gardens, museums, theaters, a palace and all things Bavarian: You can visit the Hofbräuhaus for a liter of Helles (lager beer) and a Breze (soft pretzel), find out about the Frauenkirche church and the Legend of the Devil’s Footprint, learn more about crazy King Ludwig and discover why locals rub the nose of the bronze lion in front of the Residenz palace. AudioTravel just released a guide to Cologne, and it won’t stop there: the Hagls plan on covering all the major cities in Germany, one at a time.
Find out more and listen to Munich audio tour samples on the AudioTravel website, www.audiotravel.com.
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