It was sad dropping our rental back today as we have really loved motoring around on the German Autobahns but it was also great to be back in Munich.
We did a walking tour of the city then went out for a few beers at the Hofbrauhaus.
The new city hall with the worlds most famous glockenspiel. On the hour the glockenspiel plays a song and all these figures come out. There is some jousting horse riders where the Bavarian knight wins against the Austrian, and on the bottom part there are men which perform the coopers dance before and cuckoo bird comes out and chirps.
This is the Frauenkirchen. This was the Popes church and where King Ludwig was buried. It was bombed like all other buildings in Munich during the war however the British had bad aim and the towers remained standing. When they were cleaning the rubble they just lay the olg gravestones on the side of the church as there wasnt much remaining after the bombs.
This is the Mariensäule (Marian column) in the middle of the Marienplatz Munichs city centre. It was built in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation
This is the May pole at Munichs outdoor farmers market (Viktualienmarkt). They have a big celebration to replace the May pole every few years in May. If another German city steals
The Opera house which burnt down several times. King Ludwig had an idea to have a swimming pool on top so if there was another fire then they could use the water from the pool as a sprinkler to put the fire out, however the next fire was in winter and the water was frozen so it burnt down again.
The Feldherrnhalle at Odeonsplatz with the Theatinerkirche on the right and the Residenz on the left. This is where Hitler gave many speeches and where his army marched. During the Nazi days on the left side of the building there were guards 24/7 and anyone walking by had to salute the Nazi symbol
Those that did not want to salute Hitler (the swastika and nazi statue) could walk down this side street to get to work. However after awhile the Nazi guards caught on to this and sent people who walked down this street to the concentration camps. The line on the ground is a memorial for those who did not want to walk past and salute Hitlers statues.
The name Muenchen (Munich) means 'Where all the monks are'. This is because back in the days it had no name and there were only monks brewing beer here. Thus being the beer capital of the world we had a 1 litre stein at the Hofbrauhaus.
There was such a great atmosphere in the Hofbrauhaus (just like what you would find at Oktoberfest) with ladies walking around with big pretzels, everyone drinking litre steins, traditional bavarian band, and loads of people.
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