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Old 11-04-2007, 01:29 PM   #1
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Munich

Well I just got back from Munich. Me and my wife and a few friends went down there for the weekend. I have been to Munich several times but it is funny how you look at things differently as you get older. I would never want to live in a Big City but if I had to live in a Big City it would be Munich. The city is beautiful and has a lot of flair. It mixes the old architecture and the new architecture wonderfuly and the city is just beautiful and fun to be in. It is now my new favorite big city.

Anyhow yesterday we hit all the churches and took lots of pictures walkind around the city. For lunch we went to the famous Hofbrau House in Munich for lunch and a beer. This is the same place where a younger Hitler and the budding Nazi Party planned the future of the party and the take over of Germany. The atmosphere is wonderful there. We each drank a Litler Mug of Beer and ate some good Bavarian White Wurst and listened to the live band playing traditional German songs.

Later that night we hit several bars and found a nice Irish Pub filled with Irish people and a live band. Drank some good Kilkenny beer there and just relaxed listening to music and watching England play New Zealand in Rugby.

The next day we went to the University of Munich and the Geschwister Scholl Platz to the memorial for the White Rose and brother and sister Scholl at the place where they dropped the leaflets denouncing the Nazi Party and were later captured, tortured and killed.

After that we hit the Deutsches Museum where we saw a Ju 52, Bf 109E, Me 262, Me 163, V-1, V-2, HS 293, Natter and lots of WW2 Piston and Jet engines.

I will post pictures with descriptions as soon as the battaries of my camera are recharged.
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:59 PM   #2
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Looking forward to the pics Adler.....
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Old 11-04-2007, 04:05 PM   #3
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:56 PM   #4
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Well here are the first set of pics. I am going to break it down into several posts based of what the pictures are.

Below are just pictures I took of walking around Munich. They show the architecture of many of the older buildings as well the churches and the inside of several of the churches. Munich truely is a beautiful city.
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:01 PM   #5
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This next pic was taken at a famous market in Munich. There is a beer garden there and the temp is only about 7 C and the local Munichans () are drinking there beer. Mind you this is only about 10 O Clock in the morning on Saturday.

Needless to say when in Munich do as the Munichans.
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:04 PM   #6
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OMG! The inside of those churches are incredible. Now I know if I get to Europe its definately Germany and Muncih I want to visit. Great pics, Adler!
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:08 PM   #7
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We visited the Royal Crypt on Saturday.

Below is the coffin of King Ludwig II. He is the King who build many of Germany's famous castles including Neuschwannstein Castle.
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:12 PM   #8
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More from the Crypt. This is the coffin of King Otto of Bavaria who died in 1916.
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More from the Crypt. This is the coffin of Herzog Eugene Napoleon Beauharnais von Leuchtenberg who was the step son of Napolean I.
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FANTASTIC pics Adler.... Need to go to Munich it seems.... Got and pics on castles mate??
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:42 PM   #11
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FANTASTIC pics Adler.... Need to go to Munich it seems.... Got and pics on castles mate??
I do have pics of many castles here in Germany. We did not go and visit any of them this weekend though. This weekend was just Munich.
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Here is the famous Hofbrau Haus in Munich. This is where Hitler and the Nazi Party met in the early days.

It is a bit overhyped but if you are in Munich it is a must because you have to see it one time atleast. We sat around listening to the band play German drinking songs and ate good food and drank good German beer out of the litre mugs.
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:59 PM   #13
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After having lunch and a beer we went to the Royal Treasure Vault at the Residence or Palace. We wanted to tour the Palace but because of the 2 main rooms being closed because of renovation we decided to wait until next summer when we go back to view the Palace. The Vault was really nice to see though.

I will not bore you with too much of the treasure so here are only a few pics of it.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:06 PM   #14
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After a night of partying a bit in Munich we slept in today and went to the Geschwister Scholl Platz at the University of Munich. The Geschwister Scholl Platz is a memorial to the brother and sister Scholl who were members of the German resistance group called the White Rose. They were caught disperssing leaflets at the University Campus and the Gestapo tortured them and then eventually put them on trial and had them executed.
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great pics Chris, nice little photo study of a wonderful city.............keep it up !

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