Weather Report: The sun does shine in Munich! We saw the sun this afternoon while we were downtown. This morning around 9 am it was 9 degrees C and overcast. This afternoon has warmed up but we can't find a current tempature, sorry Ben!
From Jan's point of view:
That's how it felt for us today. Two people trying to work together on a mission "to have fun while visiting Munich." It was more like the blind leading the blind. I still had fun.
We timed our route tomorrow to catch the train for Prague. We will have to leave the hotel on the shuttle to the airport by 6:30 a.m. At the airport we take the subway to the downtown train station to go to Prague. It is a 6 hour train ride. So forget our dolling up for the trip. We will shower tonight and hope for the best as far as our looks go tomorrow.
We found where the rich and famous shop in Munich, hence no shopping for us. We picked up a few gag souvenirs and fed our tummies well. We both rated our meal today a 12 on a scale of 1 - 10. We ate at an outside/inside bar Bohne & Malz . My meal, HahnchenRatatoui (Grilled Chicken Breast with Vegetables) is in the foreground. Christy's Weiner Schnitzel is in the background. She ordered before getting Alex's suggestion. Total for our meal was $37 Euros. We only bought one meal today. Breakfast was a bagel and cream cheese from the grocery store. How do you spread cream cheese without a knife, fork, or spoon? We used the complimentary drink stirrer resembling a dentist mirror. Ingenuity!!
Thanks for all the well wishes and keep the blog comments coming. Love to all.
From Christy's point of view:
The Amazing Race...I never did watch it religiously, but Clint was always sure to fill me in. From what I can recall, there was a fair amount of fighting on that show between teammates, but we weren't like that. Frustrated at times, yes, but never fighting. There was always something that would happen to make one of us laugh. For instance, I was slightly crabby (DAD AND BROTHERS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON THAT!) as it was near 2 pm and we hadn't had lunch yet. So we found the cafe mentioned above and were brought English menus. Thank goodness! Anyway, so we were seated towards the edge of the cafe, right next to "buggy parking'. Yes, there is reserved parking for strollers etc. Anyway, a young woman brought her child over to their stroller as they were getting ready to leave, but the child started to cry. Mom looked at me with a rather serious look and said "It cries in English!" Well, I couldn't help but laugh, and I hope she was just kidding!
Mom is getting a 'cultural education'. She is learning about the homeless, and the acceptance of wild hair colors. I did feel sorry for a homeless man we saw outside of the "Opera". The Opera was beautiful, with a terrace that had planter boxes planted with lavender. There was a homeless man sitting at the sidewalk with a dead animal on a leash (not sure if it was a cat or dog) that was made to look like it was drinking out of a blue bowl. So sad!
We have observed a few fashion trends during our trek down to the City Center today. 1) Everyone wears black, brown and navy. No bright colors or contrast. :( 2) Knee high boots with skinny legged jeans are quite popular with the teenagers. 3) Scarves! The bigger the better, no matter if you are male or female. Mom freaked out when she saw a man with a grey scarf with white skulls all over it.
So yes, we have our train tickets! We got them before we left the airport yesterday, and did a trial run of how to get to the main train station in the morning. And although we only need to catch the 7:42 subway train to get to the 8:44 train to Prague (about a 40 minute subway ride from the airport to the main train station) we will be leaving at 6:30 am. We'll let you know when we have arrived in Praha!
Here's a few pictures from today. Enjoy!
From Jan's point of view:
That's how it felt for us today. Two people trying to work together on a mission "to have fun while visiting Munich." It was more like the blind leading the blind. I still had fun.
We timed our route tomorrow to catch the train for Prague. We will have to leave the hotel on the shuttle to the airport by 6:30 a.m. At the airport we take the subway to the downtown train station to go to Prague. It is a 6 hour train ride. So forget our dolling up for the trip. We will shower tonight and hope for the best as far as our looks go tomorrow.
We found where the rich and famous shop in Munich, hence no shopping for us. We picked up a few gag souvenirs and fed our tummies well. We both rated our meal today a 12 on a scale of 1 - 10. We ate at an outside/inside bar Bohne & Malz . My meal, HahnchenRatatoui (Grilled Chicken Breast with Vegetables) is in the foreground. Christy's Weiner Schnitzel is in the background. She ordered before getting Alex's suggestion. Total for our meal was $37 Euros. We only bought one meal today. Breakfast was a bagel and cream cheese from the grocery store. How do you spread cream cheese without a knife, fork, or spoon? We used the complimentary drink stirrer resembling a dentist mirror. Ingenuity!!
Thanks for all the well wishes and keep the blog comments coming. Love to all.
From Christy's point of view:
The Amazing Race...I never did watch it religiously, but Clint was always sure to fill me in. From what I can recall, there was a fair amount of fighting on that show between teammates, but we weren't like that. Frustrated at times, yes, but never fighting. There was always something that would happen to make one of us laugh. For instance, I was slightly crabby (DAD AND BROTHERS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON THAT!) as it was near 2 pm and we hadn't had lunch yet. So we found the cafe mentioned above and were brought English menus. Thank goodness! Anyway, so we were seated towards the edge of the cafe, right next to "buggy parking'. Yes, there is reserved parking for strollers etc. Anyway, a young woman brought her child over to their stroller as they were getting ready to leave, but the child started to cry. Mom looked at me with a rather serious look and said "It cries in English!" Well, I couldn't help but laugh, and I hope she was just kidding!
Mom is getting a 'cultural education'. She is learning about the homeless, and the acceptance of wild hair colors. I did feel sorry for a homeless man we saw outside of the "Opera". The Opera was beautiful, with a terrace that had planter boxes planted with lavender. There was a homeless man sitting at the sidewalk with a dead animal on a leash (not sure if it was a cat or dog) that was made to look like it was drinking out of a blue bowl. So sad!
We have observed a few fashion trends during our trek down to the City Center today. 1) Everyone wears black, brown and navy. No bright colors or contrast. :( 2) Knee high boots with skinny legged jeans are quite popular with the teenagers. 3) Scarves! The bigger the better, no matter if you are male or female. Mom freaked out when she saw a man with a grey scarf with white skulls all over it.
So yes, we have our train tickets! We got them before we left the airport yesterday, and did a trial run of how to get to the main train station in the morning. And although we only need to catch the 7:42 subway train to get to the 8:44 train to Prague (about a 40 minute subway ride from the airport to the main train station) we will be leaving at 6:30 am. We'll let you know when we have arrived in Praha!
Here's a few pictures from today. Enjoy!
Doug - This one is for you!
Mike - These are quite common, and we knew you would love to see it!
This was a neat building with flowers, statues and a famous Clock "Glockenspiel". Glock = Clock and Spiel = Chimes
Alex, here's a picture for you and all of your Kraft Foods friends! This was purchased out of a vending machine for 0.50 EUR or about $.75 at the subway station. We haven't tried it yet.
This is a picture of today's lunch from Bohne & Malz.
Mike - These are quite common, and we knew you would love to see it!
This was a neat building with flowers, statues and a famous Clock "Glockenspiel". Glock = Clock and Spiel = Chimes
Alex, here's a picture for you and all of your Kraft Foods friends! This was purchased out of a vending machine for 0.50 EUR or about $.75 at the subway station. We haven't tried it yet.
This is a picture of today's lunch from Bohne & Malz.
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From Wikipedia:
The Rathaus-Glockenspiel of Munich is a tourist attraction in Marienplatz the heart of Munich.[1]
Part of the second construction phase of the New Town Hall, it dates from 1908. Every day at 11 a.m. (as well as 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. in summer) it chimes and re-enacts two stories from the 16th century to the amusement of mass crowds of tourists and locals. It consists of 43 bells and 32 life-sized figures. The top half of the Glockenspiel tells the story of the marriage of the local Duke Wilhelm V (who also founded the world famous Hofbräuhaus) to Renata of Lothringen. In honour of the happy couple there is a joust with life-sized knights on horseback representing Bavaria (in white and blue) and Lothringen (in red and white). The Bavarian knight wins every time of course. This is then followed by the bottom half and second story: Schäfflerstanz (the coopers' dance). In the 16th century a particularly bad period of the plague hit town and everyone went into hiding. The first people to dare go back onto the streets were barrel makers who performed a big dance to show that it was okay to come out again. The Duke of Bavaria was so happy about this that he actually ordered them to re-enact this every seven years, a custom which continues to this day. The dance can be seen during Fasching (German Carnival) but the next one is not until 2012. The whole show lasts somewhere between 12 and 15 minutes long depending on which tune it plays that day. At the very end a very small golden bird at the top of the Glockenspiel chirps three times, marking the end of the spectacle.
Thanks for the history lesson Ben. We don't have a German guidebook to fill in the details.
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. It is always nice when "sisters" can travel together and have so many laughs. I would have enjoyed your meal Christy. I was thrilled my first day in the convent and found hog dogs for breakfast.(German tradition) Glad you had good flight over. I had to go Menards tonight to pick up more polyurethane and other stuff, so I stopped by the house to see Chet and get last minute instructions. Can't wait to hear more about your trip. Your shuttle experience sounded like mine trying to catch the ferry in Brazil. I almost got trampled and wedge in the door between other people. See you later. Mary
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