Munich

Hallo zusammen! Bonjour tout le monde! Why the greeting in German also? I am in Munich this week with my best friend. I have been to Berlin twice, and have enjoyed some of the countryside, however I hadn't yet been to Munich. It is a very cool city with lots of history for a city that only dates back to the 9th century.

Today was my first full day; we walked to the Marienplatz and saw the glockenspiel do its thing. The clock strikes the hour, then the little figures start moving. There are two levels, one represents a wedding, and the other one has dancers, who twirl about as the mechanism flows in a clockwise direction. The wedding scene then starts; it has figurines that go in two directions (on two tracks). There is a joust involved, and when the knights meet a second time, one wins as the other knight falls back on his horse! He represents Bavaria and always wins. Munich is an interesting city. There are three ways to get around on public transport, and almost everyone else seems to have a bicycle. I have seen most of the main places on a hop on hop off bus tour, then Wednesday we went to the Bavarian Museum. It had an entire floor of nativity scenes with figurines that were carefully created to not only represent the holy family, but also the three Magi (along with their retinues). There were also scenes and figurines from Naples; it was fascinating!

the glockenspiel

pretzels hang at your table!

a Maypole, they are everywhere!